HCA: Hermit Crab Association

are you digging him up and opening his molting spot when you check on him? he could be molting and taking longer because of the stress of being dug up, but then again sometimes crabs take forever to molt. i would say just to keep all the conditions good, like high temp and humidity, water, etc. it’s...

UPDATE!!!! after some of the “mud” poured out of the container, it turned out to be a sea shell and not my crab!!!! it was one of those typical flat shells that’s ribbed, so it looked like crab legs from underneath. i feel like such an idiot but also so relieved that he’s ok. thank you all so much f...

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update: Mungdaal just came up and is checking out his old shell.

I’ve usually remained calm whenever my crabs would molt; I’d see them bury themselves and then try to keep my mind off of them until they resurface. I’d never dig them up or anything. Just now, I gently picked up the log in the tank and saw one of my crabs, Mungdaal, buried underneath and trying to ...