Welcoming a new (very small) purple pincher

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 1:11 pm

I went to my local pet store to replace a fake plant that the crabs are doing a number on, and stopped to look at their hermit crab tank. I saw there were a few dead hermies, but then I saw this little guy. I didn't want to risk him having the same fate.

He hasn't came out of his shell yet but that's probably just stress getting him. I also bought 4 new shells around his size. Hopefully he comes out and eats soon.

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 1:59 pm

He's made his way to the other side of the tank now, he might be trying to dig but I can't tell since he's facing the back wall. Another thing I think he might be back there for is the heat coming off of the Ultratherm.

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:15 pm

He's digging, probably going down for a well needed molt or destressing.

LadyJinglyJones · Post by **LadyJinglyJones** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 4:54 pm

Squeeeeeeee!
Verrrrrr cute crab alert!

DarthCrabber · Post by **DarthCrabber** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:56 pm

He's so cute and small! I love a good rescue story! I rescued a little guy about 5 months back. He did the same thing, very inactive and then dug down. I hadn't seen him for about 3 months, but I saw his empty shell up one morning. Now when I wake up at 3 a.m. to pee :roll: he's up with a new shell, freshly molted, and digging through the food dish. He likes to sleep under the sand, but he's doing great!

Keep us updated!

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:51 am

DarthCrabber wrote:He's so cute and small! I love a good rescue story! I rescued a little guy about 5 months back. He did the same thing, very inactive and then dug down. I hadn't seen him for about 3 months, but I saw his empty shell up one morning. Now when I wake up at 3 a.m. to pee :roll: he's up with a new shell, freshly molted, and digging through the food dish. He likes to sleep under the sand, but he's doing great!

Keep us updated!

Will do! Currently he's been dug down, so if he comes back up I'll let you all know!

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:49 pm

Guess who decided to make an appearance today?!

DebeeS · Post by **DebeeS** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:08 pm

Why can I not see the pictures?

PinchersAndShells · Post by **PinchersAndShells** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:12 pm

DebeeS wrote:Why can I not see the pictures?

Another person has had the same issue, I use Google+, so the pictures will probably work if you just look here real quick: https://plus.google.com/u/1/116519686017805697175

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