u/MsGiggles83

Sooo, we did another thing today. This lil guy who will be named Smokey came home with us today. I visited a local exotic pet store today to see if I could find some goodies for my hermies at home and seen they had about 20 hermies (just like this guy) in not so great living conditions. I'm a fairly new hermie momma and seeing all those lil guys honestly broke my heart. My 6 y/o seen quite a few dead ones that were out of their shells (maybe surface molting as there was only about 1.5" of substrate in the tank and multiple limbs or exoskeletons just laying around)and said mommy we need to take some home. I said we have 3 and they are alot of work/responsibility but bless her little heart she said mommy if we don't save them they will all die. I contemplated heavily and walked away multiple times before finally deciding to get at least 1. This guy was in one of the nasty water dishes and seemed to be one of the most active ones. We have 3 PP currently and this one looks a bit different. Google says its an Ecuadorian, I guess I just want to make sure they will all get along? He is definitely one of the smallest we now have. I will do research as well but wanted to see if anyone had some insight on different kinds of hermies living together. Thanks in advance! Pictures of our newest and last hermie to join our family, I hope to give them a great long life.

I kept getting notifications from my camera so I went to check out the tank to see what was going on. Looks like Pinky was just saying hi..up close and personal😅

My lil guys got a tank makeover this past weekend. Upgraded from the 18 gallon to a 55 gallon tank. My 2nd hermie (Diggers) has finally resurfaced after almost 4 weeks from when I bought him and has a beautiful reddish color to him (assuming he has molted?) if so Yay! our first successful one. I decided to add a new friend (Pinky) to our family and he seems to be settling in well. Diggers also has changed his shell, sucks I missed it but super stoked he found one he liked. Just need DK to get out that darn painted shell now. Photos attached, I feel quite proud about it..Lots of hard work and research put into the new crabitat. Just need to add some decor to back glass and I think we are all set or may add a topper from my old tank..hummm. Advice/opinions are always welcomed as we have only had our guys for a couple months.

Hello!! So, I'm trying to add some shell options to my tank but I'm not sure how to measure or what sizes are suitable. I've tried looking into measuring but since my new guys are still adjusting, I have 1 that has been buried about 2.5 weeks and the other that "sleeps" all day is up when I'm not. I ordered 2 different assorted sizes last night bit im thinking some may be too small for them as I can only eyeball them atp. Any advice on how to buy shell sizes? What may be a small for me could be a medium for another..For reference this is what I've purchased, and I ordered the first 2 sizes at the top. Thinking ahead, the top ones may be too small..but I'm not sure

Hello! So I got a hermit crab from one of my sons clients about 2 weeks ago. They apparently had bought 2 and didn't realize how much work they were. The one I got was living in horrible living conditions in a tiny plastic carrying tank with maggots in it. I immediately started doing my homework and found this group along the way. Any advice would be great. I have an 18 gallon tank and I've since decorated and made it "home" for DK (Dark Knight). Yesterday we decided to buy a friend from Petco. He immediately dug himself pretty deep in the sand and hasn't moved, which im sure he's fine and just a little stressed or maybe molting. If there is anything I can do or any helpful advice on food choices or tank items that would would make these guys a little more comfortable please let me know. Seems DK loves bananas and tomatoe and loves taking saltwater baths! I did read I may not have enough sand so I bought a 50lb bag today but also read I should wait for the new guy to come out of hiding so once he comes to surface I will fill the tank up.