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[KayedeeLove<3]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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[isadoraisacat]

To crabbyjo and isadoraisacat, the store is in Houston, Tx. I don't know where they got E's from, but they still have about 4-5, last I saw.

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I never looked at the guys in painted shells because i would never even want to bring them home and risk my crabs eating the chipped paint it's possible that the es are all painted shell guys as all the ones people said from petco seem to be in painted shells

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Same here. It's possible that they have had E's before, because these guys are all in painted shells. Sometimes the pp's are in the painted shells too. It makes me sad to see them like that, especially after I saw a video on how they get that way.

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Yes it's horrible

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[AleyedtoBuggie]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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[isadoraisacat]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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Petco and pet smart has to be aware of the horrible practices of the pet trade.

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[KayedeeLove<3]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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Petco and pet smart has to be aware of the horrible practices of the pet trade.

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I know the people inside my local petsmart feel horrible about it! The manager won't budge on anything I'm currently dealing with corporate! For E's its even more dangerous because they do modify!

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[isadoraisacat]

Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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Petco and pet smart has to be aware of the horrible practices of the pet trade.

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I know the people inside my local petsmart feel horrible about it! The manager won't budge on anything I'm currently dealing with corporate! For E's its even more dangerous because they do modify!

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I don't mean the small time workers I'm talking about the corporate fat cats.

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[KayedeeLove<3]

Yes they don't seem too! At least the one I'm dealing with!

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[isadoraisacat]

Yes they don't seem too! At least the one I'm dealing with!

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Yeah it's really the conditions i see with petco and pet smart are pretty poor for hermit crabs. It's really sad

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[PinchersAndShells]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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I'm thinking the reason that the crabs tend to drop them, is because the fact that they're forced into them, so it doesn't always mean that they're comfortable in the shells.

[isadoraisacat]

Even E's tend to drop these... As they have not been in them long enough to modify them much.

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Perhaps they know they are bad for them. Poor hermits.

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I'm thinking the reason that the crabs tend to drop them, is because the fact that they're forced into them, so it doesn't always mean that they're comfortable in the shells.

Yes especially es like mentioned above their not modified to fit right and of course if i was forced to live some where against my will I'd want to get out asap

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[robinwhiskers]

That's so sad how they're treated. Hope you can be the one who saves them!

[mool]

E's are super common in Petco's in Texas. Every time I look at a Petco tat; it contains at least 50-75% Ecuadorians. I really like their green and orange coloring but I don't have any. I don't buy from pet stores. If I did, I would march straight down to the store that sells exotics. They regularly have Straws and Blueberry's (although I suspect they are actually Viola's) for $15.00 each.

[AleyedtoBuggie]

Reading all these new posts was very interesting. I did move to CO, and have been here a few days. I had not seen any E's in that store before, both of my hermits are PPs.

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[AleyedtoBuggie]

E's are super common in Petco's in Texas. Every time I look at a Petco tat; it contains at least 50-75% Ecuadorians. I really like their green and orange coloring but I don't have any. I don't buy from pet stores. If I did, I would march straight down to the store that sells exotics. They regularly have Straws and Blueberry's (although I suspect they are actually Viola's) for $15.00 each.

Do you live in Houston mool? I really like the coloring of the E's and their energy level. I think their eyes are super cute too. I didn't end up purchasing any because both of my hermits went down to molt and I was concerned about digging space.

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[mool]

I live in Austin. It's funny that only Petco and not PetSmart regularly carries the e's. Almost every pet shop in Austin has a tank of hermit crabs--in varying states of humane care.

I really, really want some of the strawberries and violas that I see at the shop that is about a mile from my house, but I'm a grown up and I can resist temptation!!