HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Never mind pretty sure he died. Moved him into the water with shells and he didn’t move. I covered him with the container to give it time but I don’t understand why he can seem healthy and die and the internet is useless for finding answers.

how do I manually reshell him I’m very scared to touch him

It’s also probably important to mention he appears to be out of his shell but greyish in color so I’m assuming it’s a molt. I’m gonna leave him alone tonight and then try the isolation using a container, thank you so much for the help!

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I have 2 crabs molting right now, one under ground (assuming he’s molting) and another surface molting under a coconut ornament. I don’t know what to do to protect him or why he chose to do this, the humidity is right temperature is also right eco earth is fresh and deep and obviously suitable for m...

My most active crab hasn’t been out for a few days and I noticed disturbed eco earth by the water dishes so today I finally lifted it up. There’s a clear hole under the dish but no access out of it. I can’t tell if he’s down there but assuming he is should I move the water dish to a different locati...

My crabs are currently in a 10 gallon and I have no problem keeping the humidity at 80% but I can only get the temperature to 70 degrees and I'd rather it be more like 75. The crabs were a bit of an impulsive purchase, I saw them at the beach in one of those stupid metal cages being sold in plastic ...

I recently introduced 2 new crabs to my crabitat. After initial weird interactions setting up the pecking order they seemed to be doing well together. I was looking at them and I noticed one hidden under a fake plant but his shell was turned over. I lifted the plant and a bigger hermit crab scurried...

One of my crabs just switched shells 2 days ago. I didn't really mean for it to be for him since it's a little big but it fits pretty well. He doesn't often retract all the way in but right now he's pretty far out of his shell (as he would be if he was walking or climbing) but he's just sitting ther...

My older hermit crab died a couple of days ago and to prevent my other hermit crab from getting lonely I bought 2 new ones. The existing one is definitely demonstrating dominance but I want to know what’s too far so I don’t end up with a cannibal crab. He stands over the little one and does what mig...

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