New to be crab owner
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Moorespride
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New to be crab owner
Doing all my research and hoping to get all set up and get my youngest daughter crabs for Christmas. So much to learn. I have done a lot of research on habitat but now need to Lear the different species... Didn't know there were I thought a crab was a crab
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aussieJJDude
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Re: New to be crab owner
Welcome! Its refreshing to hear someone doing prior research before getting them! Saves your purse/wallet and the crabs will thank you for it!
(Have fun with the little ones, they can get a bit addictive... Especially when you become the soul caretaker... Where they seem to have a better meal plan that you do!
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(Have fun with the little ones, they can get a bit addictive... Especially when you become the soul caretaker... Where they seem to have a better meal plan that you do!
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"She’s there, she’s upright, and she’s wigged" ~ Trixie
Infrequently on due to studies
"She’s there, she’s upright, and she’s wigged" ~ Trixie
Infrequently on due to studies
Re: New to be crab owner
The species you'll most commonly find in a pet store is the Purple Pincher, aka Caribbean Hermit Crab aka Tree Crab. The occasional Ecuadorian aka "E" will slip into a delivery but very few shops deliberately carry them.Moorespride wrote:Doing all my research and hoping to get all set up and get my youngest daughter crabs for Christmas. So much to learn. I have done a lot of research on habitat but now need to Lear the different species... Didn't know there were I thought a crab was a crab
PPs are Big Enzo, Charles Paris and Mr Pinch
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Also Mom to Imogene the Syrian Hamster
On the Big Beach in the Sky: Murray, Gino, Oscar, Gordon, Ignatz, Harry and King Felix the Pale
Also Mom to Imogene the Syrian Hamster
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LadyJinglyJones
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Re: New to be crab owner
As someone who took over a pair of impulse crabs after their young owner lost interest in them - good on you! Being prepared is half the battle.
And I might suggest that the key thing for a child to learn from crabs is patience... they aren't visible & active as much as many other pets, they don't much like being handled - in short, they are wild animals. So the thing a child is most likely to learn from these guys is what a wild animal's behavior really looks like up close!
And I might suggest that the key thing for a child to learn from crabs is patience... they aren't visible & active as much as many other pets, they don't much like being handled - in short, they are wild animals. So the thing a child is most likely to learn from these guys is what a wild animal's behavior really looks like up close!
"Gaze upon the rolling deep..."
Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(
Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(
Re: New to be crab owner
i used to work for my city zoo and we had a tank in our classroom to help teach the kids a few things. mainly how to care for yourself and others, being silent and still, the reward of waiting for things and the reward from planning and working toward a goal. all the kids loved it.