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by ROSIEonFIRE » Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:53 pm
Happyhermiehome wrote:No stump?...GASPPPP!
yer just cleaning it again riiiiight???
Lol
Dont worry, stump is back. FINALLY have EVERYTHING set up and here it is! Also, got 3 crabs today through the adoption forum! Only got a good pic of one of them tho.
Still dont know what im gonna name them.
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by Sillysheep » Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:39 pm
ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Happyhermiehome wrote:No stump?...GASPPPP!
yer just cleaning it again riiiiight???
Lol
Dont worry, stump is back. FINALLY have EVERYTHING set up and here it is! Also, got 3 crabs today through the adoption forum! Only got a good pic of one of them tho.
Still dont know what im gonna name them.
Oh my goodness....YAY!!!!!!! They're great. They like the burlap already! They're not super small, oh they are so Blessed. Hey, years ago I had a friend who's cb handle was stump jumper.....hmm? Ha ha ha
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by Sillysheep » Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:42 pm
Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Happyhermiehome wrote:No stump?...GASPPPP!
yer just cleaning it again riiiiight???
Lol
Dont worry, stump is back. FINALLY have EVERYTHING set up and here it is! Also, got 3 crabs today through the adoption forum! Only got a good pic of one of them tho.
Still dont know what im gonna name them.
Oh my goodness....YAY!!!!!!! They're great. They like the burlap already! They're not super small, oh they are so Blessed. Hey, years ago I had a friend who's cb handle was stump jumper.....hmm? Ha ha ha
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That plant I see next to the little flower child cutie, I promise it looks sooo real. Do you change it up?
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by ROSIEonFIRE » Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:46 pm
Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Happyhermiehome wrote:No stump?...GASPPPP!
yer just cleaning it again riiiiight???
Lol
Dont worry, stump is back. FINALLY have EVERYTHING set up and here it is! Also, got 3 crabs today through the adoption forum! Only got a good pic of one of them tho.
Still dont know what im gonna name them.
Oh my goodness....YAY!!!!!!! They're great. They like the burlap already! They're not super small, oh they are so Blessed. Hey, years ago I had a friend who's cb handle was stump jumper.....hmm? Ha ha ha
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Thats so funny cause just today i was wondering what my cb handle would be if i had a ham radio haha. Yeah they are mid sized crabs already, about the size of golfballs. Im ok w that tho bc it means less molting, which im a little nervous for. Still planning on getting 2 more. The one in the yellow green shell was rip roarin around the whole place when i got them home. He climbed up the burlap and did a tour of the whole perimeter!
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by Sillysheep » Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:52 pm
ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Sillysheep wrote:Oh my goodness....YAY!!!!!!! They're great. They like the burlap already! They're not super small, oh they are so Blessed. Hey, years ago I had a friend who's cb handle was stump jumper.....hmm? Ha ha ha
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Thats so funny cause just today i was wondering what my cb handle would be if i had a ham radio haha. Yeah they are mid sized crabs already, about the size of golfballs. Im ok w that tho bc it means less molting, which im a little nervous for. Still planning on getting 2 more. The one in the yellow green shell was rip roarin around the whole place when i got them home. He climbed up the burlap and did a tour of the whole perimeter!
Do they molt less and less as they grow? Makes sense because what I can see, especially the green shell one, he/she has very nice rich color. Am I correct, did I hear that color gets better with molting?
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by ROSIEonFIRE » Sat Sep 23, 2017 9:26 pm
Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Sillysheep wrote:Oh my goodness....YAY!!!!!!! They're great. They like the burlap already! They're not super small, oh they are so Blessed. Hey, years ago I had a friend who's cb handle was stump jumper.....hmm? Ha ha ha
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Thats so funny cause just today i was wondering what my cb handle would be if i had a ham radio haha. Yeah they are mid sized crabs already, about the size of golfballs. Im ok w that tho bc it means less molting, which im a little nervous for. Still planning on getting 2 more. The one in the yellow green shell was rip roarin around the whole place when i got them home. He climbed up the burlap and did a tour of the whole perimeter!
Do they molt less and less as they grow? Makes sense because what I can see, especially the green shell one, he/she has very nice rich color. Am I correct, did I hear that color gets better with molting?
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Yes and yes. The bigger the get, the less frequently they molt. Also, from what i hear they do have their best color after they molt. The folks i adopted them from said they never molted for them but all three look great, they all have nice color, all have hair and their fingernails so i think they might even hang out a bit before they molt.
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by Sillysheep » Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:06 pm
ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Thats so funny cause just today i was wondering what my cb handle would be if i had a ham radio haha. Yeah they are mid sized crabs already, about the size of golfballs. Im ok w that tho bc it means less molting, which im a little nervous for. Still planning on getting 2 more. The one in the yellow green shell was rip roarin around the whole place when i got them home. He climbed up the burlap and did a tour of the whole perimeter!
Do they molt less and less as they grow? Makes sense because what I can see, especially the green shell one, he/she has very nice rich color. Am I correct, did I hear that color gets better with molting?
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Yes and yes. The bigger the get, the less frequently they molt. Also, from what i hear they do have their best color after they molt. The folks i adopted them from said they never molted for them but all three look great, they all have nice color, all have hair and their fingernails so i think they might even hang out a bit before they molt.
It's funny how molting time differs. Even the same crab, to my knowledge, can stay down for 6 weeks one molt and 12 for another. It's cool that it seems like you get a chance bond a while before molting. I miss mine terrible when they go down.
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by Sillysheep » Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:09 pm
Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Sillysheep wrote:Do they molt less and less as they grow? Makes sense because what I can see, especially the green shell one, he/she has very nice rich color. Am I correct, did I hear that color gets better with molting?
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Yes and yes. The bigger the get, the less frequently they molt. Also, from what i hear they do have their best color after they molt. The folks i adopted them from said they never molted for them but all three look great, they all have nice color, all have hair and their fingernails so i think they might even hang out a bit before they molt.
It's funny how molting time differs. Even the same crab, to my knowledge, can stay down for 6 weeks one molt and 12 for another. It's cool that it seems like you get a chance bond a while before molting. I miss mine terrible when they go down.
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Let me ask you this, what would make s crab go down to molt, come up a few days, and go back under for a couple more weeks? My Mi Mi did that last month.
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by Happyhermiehome » Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:39 pm
Awwww cuties!!! Congrats! You are officially a crab mama!
Tank looks amazing! Glad to see the stump has returned
Gahhh I really need to quit being lazy and get some pics of my stuff and crabs up...I do have crabs I sware! Lol
I had some posted one here somewhere through my google+ account but somehow they got deleted from google +
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by ROSIEonFIRE » Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:52 pm
Happyhermiehome wrote:Awwww cuties!!! Congrats! You are officially a crab mama!
Tank looks amazing! Glad to see the stump has returned
Gahhh I really need to quit being lazy and get some pics of my stuff and crabs up...I do have crabs I sware! Lol
I had some posted one here somewhere through my google+ account but somehow they got deleted from google +
Spanks. Now I'm just contemplating what my shell bill is gonna look like! These guys are medium-large. I'm pretty sure the two bigger ones are in 3" shells right now with around an inch and a half to 2 inch openings. It's kind of hard to say for sure bc I really don't want to harass them too much at the moment and also so far they have refused to retract into their shells. So I think I'm looking at a fairly steep shell budget! Oh well. I just hope I get the right sizes because they're not gonna be cheap!
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by Sillysheep » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:20 am
ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Happyhermiehome wrote:Awwww cuties!!! Congrats! You are officially a crab mama!
Tank looks amazing! Glad to see the stump has returned
Gahhh I really need to quit being lazy and get some pics of my stuff and crabs up...I do have crabs I sware! Lol
I had some posted one here somewhere through my google+ account but somehow they got deleted from google +
Spanks. Now I'm just contemplating what my shell bill is gonna look like! These guys are medium-large. I'm pretty sure the two bigger ones are in 3" shells right now with around an inch and a half to 2 inch openings. It's kind of hard to say for sure bc I really don't want to harass them too much at the moment and also so far they have refused to retract into their shells. So I think I'm looking at a fairly steep shell budget! Oh well. I just hope I get the right sizes because they're not gonna be cheap!
Ok on Etsy, i just ordered 24 Mexican turbo shells for $11.99. I tried to send the link, but I was able to just type in Mexican turbo shells and it came right up....
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by Sillysheep » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:20 am
Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:Happyhermiehome wrote:Awwww cuties!!! Congrats! You are officially a crab mama!
Tank looks amazing! Glad to see the stump has returned
Gahhh I really need to quit being lazy and get some pics of my stuff and crabs up...I do have crabs I sware! Lol
I had some posted one here somewhere through my google+ account but somehow they got deleted from google +
Spanks. Now I'm just contemplating what my shell bill is gonna look like! These guys are medium-large. I'm pretty sure the two bigger ones are in 3" shells right now with around an inch and a half to 2 inch openings. It's kind of hard to say for sure bc I really don't want to harass them too much at the moment and also so far they have refused to retract into their shells. So I think I'm looking at a fairly steep shell budget! Oh well. I just hope I get the right sizes because they're not gonna be cheap!
Ok on Etsy, i just ordered 24 Mexican turbo shells for $11.99. I tried to send the link, but I was able to just type in Mexican turbo shells and it came right up....
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I read that somewhere here yesterday.
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by Sillysheep » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:24 am
Sillysheep wrote:Sillysheep wrote:ROSIEonFIRE wrote:
Spanks. Now I'm just contemplating what my shell bill is gonna look like! These guys are medium-large. I'm pretty sure the two bigger ones are in 3" shells right now with around an inch and a half to 2 inch openings. It's kind of hard to say for sure bc I really don't want to harass them too much at the moment and also so far they have refused to retract into their shells. So I think I'm looking at a fairly steep shell budget! Oh well. I just hope I get the right sizes because they're not gonna be cheap!
Ok on Etsy, i just ordered 24 Mexican turbo shells for $11.99. I tried to send the link, but I was able to just type in Mexican turbo shells and it came right up....
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I read that somewhere here yesterday.
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by Sillysheep » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:26 am
Sillysheep wrote:Sillysheep wrote:Sillysheep wrote:Ok on Etsy, i just ordered 24 Mexican turbo shells for $11.99. I tried to send the link, but I was able to just type in Mexican turbo shells and it came right up....
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I read that somewhere here yesterday.
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See.... Crap, sorry. Lot of good a picture helped. Anyway, that's what I was trying to send you to.
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