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Proud Crabby Dad

Post by MrTeacherDude » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:18 pm

Just visited one of those "Wings" souvenir junk stores in Myrtle Beach, SC to "rescue" a few crabbies. When I walked in, I found the crabs...in an old fireplace...no seriously...

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Evelyn The Crab Lady (the wonderfully nice elderly lady who was put in charge of the hermits at this store) met me and asked what I was looking for and when I answered that I was looking for 2 medium-to-large PP's her eyes lit up. She asked what type of home they would be in and I answered that they have a 35G vacation condo for a month or so and then a 75G paradise mansion that is in phase 1 of construction. She literally gave me a hug. A literal old lady hug. I'm surprised it didn't come with an old lady red lipstick smudge.

She told me she would give me a deal to take some of her bigger crabs that were outgrowing their shells that they had. (I was already getting that size, but I went along with it...) She also gave me a free small KK since I'm using these as the FW and SW pools in my new 75G tat.

She then gave me another discount because I'm a teacher and these will be at my school (Free sponges and food!!!!ImageImage lol I declined those...)

Without further ado, meet the 2 newest members of our family. I may have to separate these guys because they are fighting over the one shell in this large KK. I have more shells a-boiling, so we will see what happens tonight!

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Now just to figure out names...I'm thinking since they are a tandem deal and are already rearranging this small KK, they may be dubbed "Smash and Dash"
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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by shanedaman112 » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:35 pm

Evelyn the crab lady? I'm a little lost haha

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Post by MrTeacherDude » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:39 pm

Some old lady who was in charge of the hermits at one of those junk stores along the beach strand.

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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by shanedaman112 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:06 am

She hugged you? xD It sounds like she's happy to get them to a good home while being the one holding them there in those dreadfully nightmarish conditions.. Kinda weird. Pretty crabs though.

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Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:11 am

https://vimeo.com/179284283

These guys seem like they will be fun!

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Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:24 am

shanedaman112 wrote:She hugged you? xD It sounds like she's happy to get them to a good home while being the one holding them there in those dreadfully nightmarish conditions.. Kinda weird. Pretty crabs though.
She wants to open her own "Hermie Hut" and "sell hermits the way they're meant to be sold." Told me if her boss would let her, she'd buy 200 lbs of play sand tonight to put in that fireplace. She'd already won the battle on having actual water bowls in the "tank" instead of sponges thrown everywhere like the owner wanted.

She also tried to not order the painted ones one time, but "her boss MADE her do it because those are the ones that sell!"

She seemed like she knew what had to be done, but had her hands tied.

But yes. A literal arms-around-head-on-shoulder hug! It was kind of awkward. Ok...a lot awkward...but I felt a twinge of pride, too...
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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by shanedaman112 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:29 am

Nice to hear someone actually cares about crabs and works in a petshop. Down at alvin's island on pcb none of the employees care about the crabs. They have a cold look in their eyes..
and not trying to be racist but they are all russian and they look kinda scary ._.

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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:38 am

She was awesome. We could've talked all night. I know what you mean about the "cold look." Most people who sell hermit crabs have that look.

I just want to see a store here that when you walk in, it's nothing but a wall to wall tank with 6-8" of sub, heated and humidified. You choose your tank, sub, crabs, climby and hidey things, proper water conditioners, and good organic food.

Is that too hard to ask for?!?!? Lol...

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Post by shanedaman112 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:53 am

Well, I won't get into detail, but I personally think you shouldn't have molting space available in a petstore.

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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by Jmc10129 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:46 am

shanedaman112 wrote:Nice to hear someone actually cares about crabs and works in a petshop. Down at alvin's island on pcb none of the employees care about the crabs. They have a cold look in their eyes..
and not trying to be racist but they are all russian and they look kinda scary ._.

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I was in there not to long ago and tried to get a price on just the hermits because the sell the kk get a free crab deal. None of them could speak English. Asked a couple ppl.


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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:24 am

Jmc10129 wrote:
I was in there not to long ago and tried to get a price on just the hermits because the sell the kk get a free crab deal. None of them could speak English. Asked a couple ppl.
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I think this is all of those places! Except they wanted to give me a "Small Native Crab" with the KK. The one she picked up was about the size of a pea...


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Post by Jmc10129 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:11 am

We did get to watch them feed the alligators. That was pretty cool


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Re: Proud Crabby Dad

Post by Crabinski » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:58 am

MrTeacherDude wrote:https://vimeo.com/179284283

These guys seem like they will be fun!
They seem both excited and confused to actually have substrate! Poor guys, living in a bare fireplace (Egad!) -- but very lucky that you walked in at the right time.
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Post by MrTeacherDude » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:27 pm

Image posting isn't working at the moment, but Dash, the smaller of the 2, still has his same shell on, while Smash has tried on every shell I have twice! Can't figure out which one he wants!

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Post by aussieJJDude » Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:38 am

Well, thats a new marketing idea.. Crab is a fireplace, haven't seen that one before! :D However, I surprised that they sell them like this... and that half the crabs haven't escaped by climbing up the walls. If they at least had a cover to trap in the humidity, it could work and look really cool/different.

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