Where we discuss the behavior of our hermit crabs, as in fights, pecking orders, shell swaps, etc. Please post all naked-crab posts in the Emergency forum.
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:25 pm


Capt. Jack is snacking. So cool to watch his pinchers go to work on that shell!


Peanut says Hi!! He loved my tapping on the glass!
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:33 am
So I woke up to 2 food bowls trashed haha
And Peanut's old shell is in the shell shop so I know he's changed! I think it's the green turbo...
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:52 pm

New green suit!! Peanut looks rather dashing!
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:19 pm


Couldn't get em very well but here's both in one pic!! Crabby conversation??
Feelers went crazy when I started tapping on the glass!
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Kermie16
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by Kermie16 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:16 pm
They r like, yeah, let's have a party!!

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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:57 pm
Just got to witness the coolest thing!!! Peeked in the tank at the right moment to watch Captain Jack try on TWO different shells!! Both are about the same size as what he is in currently, the tan/white Babylonian. Each time he went back into his Babylonian...the 2 he tried on are turbos.
So cool to catch the action!!
I've put a strawberry top in the tank & I know they'll devour it! Had one last night that was eaten pretty well. Also added a new full cuttlebone too...kinda propped it up like a little surf board!
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Kermie16
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by Kermie16 » Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:40 am
I love watching our guys switch shells. Except most of the time it happens late at night so I miss a lot of the action. Lucky for us we have Diva Mike who likes to wait until it just gets dark to start trying on shells and usually swap back to his old one by morning

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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:13 pm
So I now have twinsies!! Sure enough Peanut decided to change from green turbo to tan babylonian just like Capt. Jack did after his molt! He must've given him the idea


I do think Peanut's is lighter in color so I can tell them apart. Although he/she is still my shier of my two hermies.
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hprmom
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by hprmom » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:42 am
Giner13 wrote:So I now have twinsies!! Sure enough Peanut decided to change from green turbo to tan babylonian just like Capt. Jack did after his molt! He must've given him the idea


Ha ha! My first two used to trade the same shells back and forth until I couldn't tell which was who! Usually Hermie would reject a shell, but then after Herminy wore it for a little while, Hermie would decide "well it must be good if HE has it!" and snap it up as soon as it was available, LOL. (And yes, "Hermie" and "Herminy"... my son named them and it's very confusing for me... so when he named the third one "Hermie, Jr." I insisted we call it "Junior" for short!)
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:10 pm
Too cute @hprmom!!!

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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:04 pm
Caught Jack changing shells, back to the green turbo, again!!

such goofy hermy babies!
But such an awesome thing to catch in action!!
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by Ilovehermies74 » Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:53 am
owner of 10 happy hermies! tiny micro, arora small, problem small, romeo small, Juliet small, berry small, mars medium, katniss medium, lucky large, and the big head honcho hugo:) :) RIP shy Check out my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW91Ko ... s84MrO0zog
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Giner13
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by Giner13 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:28 pm
Jack is hanging out by the salt water pool.
Peanut is enjoying the flower lol

Took a pic earlier when I caught Peanut out earlier than he usually has been. Definitely my shy crabby (the tan/white Babylonian shell)!! But good ol Capt. Jack is my ham haha look at him raising his legs to the camera!!
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