HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I only use sand in my hermit crab tank. It starts a 4 in deep to about 10 inches. They seem to love it.

Well now all my crabs are up except one.....and this is his second time molting with me. He is also my smallest. Strawberry came up so I was relieved and then the one I bought and he buried that night. He has molted though, his hairy legs and tips are very sharp gives it away. I was concerned since ...

You should never, ever dig up a crab unless you are 100% positive it's dead. (Usually by smell and by time) When you dig up a crab it stresses it out. Plus when they are molting they need total darkness, and when you dig them up it messes with the molting hormone that they need and only get from dar...

I did read up on Strawberries.....my heat and humidity are both set higher for him/her. They get fresh fruit and veggies everyday, my husband and I both eat fresh veggies and fruit daily so not real hard to throw them some. Plus I have 3 food dishes in the crabitat. One for fresh fruits and veggies,...

Thinks everyone. I am kinda new to the crabbing thing. My friends son won a large PP at the fair back in Sept and she was just gonna make him let it go outside....( we live in north ga) I was like NO it will die. So I brought him home and put him in an old fish aquarium that night and got up early t...

Ok thanks...I just worry if he got enough to eat before he molts. He definitely needed to molt, and was very lethargic. He did drink alot of salt water before he went down.

How long will a hermit crab stay buried if stressed? I brought 2 new PP hermit crabs home. One immediately buried, the other changed shells 3 times within 4 hours, then it buried. They have now been buried for 2 weeks. They came from horrific conditions. They were only 5 live ones left and about 10 ...