HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Having more hiding places and cover would be helpful. Since they're a primarily inland species vulnerable to predation they feel less secure out in the open. But yes, moving him to the new enclosure could be causing stress, just because it's new and he's not used to it. Many people have found some ...

I saw similar behaviour in one of my bigger crabs when I first added my coconut hut. He instantly claimed it and became very territorial and it took a few days for him to calm down. Much like you experienced, he eventually wandered out and stopped being as crazy after a few days. Hoping it works ou...

A slight update: the original crab left the coconut, went into the freshwater dish for a minute and has since begun burrowing under said water dish. The other crabs are both inactive in two other places of the crabitat (one on a climbing wall and another under a tree branch ) so he hasn't really had...

Hello everyone, this might be a long post so strap in. So, about a year or so ago I did experiments on hermit crabs for a science class and ended up giving two to my friend. Over the course of the past year, one of them ended up killing the other while he was molting and so the other one has been al...