HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello there, I hope i'll get some response to this question. I was wondering if anyone in California near palmdale knows if petsmart or Petco ever carry Ecuadorian hermit crabs? I occasionally just go to Petsmart due to the fact that that's just where I always go lol. But yeah if anyone knows if they carry them at all or if its a seasonal thing, please let me know! Currently all I have are purple pinchers and would really love to adopt some Ecuadorians without the trouble of having to pay for shipping. Thanks!

I don't live in California but I've only seen PPs at petsmart. Some people have had luck finding Ecuadorians at petco though. Good luck finding them

I'm in Arizona and have never seen anything other than PPs at PetSmart. Petco, on the other hand, occasionally gets a few Ecuadorians in with shipments of PPs but the staff don't seem to realize that they are a different species!

I see E's at Petco's in Texas all the time. Sometimes it's all they have. PetSmart has always had only PP's. One exotic store here regularly carries strawberries and I guess violas (but they call the blueberries).

mool wrote:I see E's at Petco's in Texas all the time. Sometimes it's all they have. PetSmart has always had only PP's. One exotic store here regularly carries strawberries and I guess violas (but they call the blueberries).

Which ones if you dont mind me asking?

thank you! Guess i'll have to check out the petco more often just to see if they ever get any Ecuadorians, hopefully i'll be in luck

amart24 wrote:

mool wrote:I see E's at Petco's in Texas all the time. Sometimes it's all they have. PetSmart has always had only PP's. One exotic store here regularly carries strawberries and I guess violas (but they call the blueberries).

Which ones if you dont mind me asking?

Every Petco in Austin, Texas has had E's at one time or another. The store with exotic crabs is called Exotic Zookeeper.