HCA: Hermit Crab Association

So for the past few days I hadn't seen my youngest hermit so I poked around to find her (I'm just assuming my youngest is female) . I found her hiding in her shell buried, so I did what she used to and made a hollow under their water dish. When I checked on them my oldest, Hermin, was pushing sand i...

Is it normal for hermit crabs to eat wood? I placed the branches that I removed from my bonsai inside my hermitat for them to climb on. I noticed as of late that they weren't eating the food I was going them. So I noticed today that the branches were frayed and torn apart. Is this normal behavior fo...

So I've had my hermit crabs for about a year now and I want to give them a whole habitat makeover. My problem is I also want it to be a somewhat living habitat. I want them to have growing plants and a stream to get water from. I've searched through every pet site to find soil/dirt suitable for the ...