My Dollar Tree Finds (picture heavy)

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My Dollar Tree Finds (picture heavy)

Post by C_fiesta » Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:36 pm

Today I went into my local Dollar Tree and found the following items that could be useful to a Crabitat or Crab owner. Enjoy! :) Image This is a climbing vine.
Image Ice cube tray good for making crabbie treats! Image Two- for $1 small locking lids containers good for food or supplements. Image A very large pill organizer, good for setting out a weeks food for a crab sitter or for husbands or children. :) Image ImageSpray bottles. :) Image I've seen these used for a water pool. Image This looked like a good and yummy treat! For crab or crab owner! Here's the ingredients: Image Image Suction hooks! Image And shower soap dishes.

When it is time for me to set up my crabitat, I think I'll be returning to the DollarTree! :)


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Re: My Dollar Tree Finds (picture heavy)

Post by emiliciousx » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:03 am

Dollar Tree Yay! :cheer: I swear I go in there like 3-5 times a week.
I love those vines. I bought 4 of them and I love how they come in different varieties. I'm not so sure about giving those snacks to the hermits as I see several preservatives in the the ingredient list. Might wanna just keep those for yourself. I've tried those suctions cups and it might be just user error on my part but they always just slid down the glass when I tried to put something on them..even just a lightweight net. If you have the secret to get those to stick I would love to know!
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Post by CrabbyJ » Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:51 pm

Great find but ive heard sulfur dioxide (preservative) is bad for hermit crabs in that dried fruit nut mix, I love the dollar store
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Post by C_fiesta » Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:57 pm

Yeah, I have since read the nutrition guide for hermits and I definitely won't be giving any hermits that stuff. But I thought, eh, why not snap a pic and figure it out later? I didn't even have to buy it. :) The store employees probably thought I was a little crazy.
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Post by CrabbyJ » Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:34 pm

C_fiesta wrote:Yeah, I have since read the nutrition guide for hermits and I definitely won't be giving any hermits that stuff. But I thought, eh, why not snap a pic and figure it out later? I didn't even have to buy it. :) The store employees probably thought I was a little crazy.
haha yeah I've bought that in the past and read up about it, like you said "For crab owners as well" :) Lots of small animal and bird fruits and nuts have that same preservative as well in them, I always check the ingredients if I buy something from the store. Awesome finds! I get loads of stuff from the dollar store, plants, vines, plastic containers for pools and those clear holey baskets for moss and shell shops :)
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Post by emiliciousx » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:51 pm

Some items I particularly like (and I just pulled the pics off of their website):

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I cut this in half and placed it against the glass which made an enclosure which I use for a shell shop and my crabs LOVE climbing all over it.
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These come in different sizes and colors. Plus since they have holes already, fixing them to a suction cup hooks is easy. I use one for my moss pit and the other as a second level hang out.
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These are a GREAT value (4 for a $1). The plastic is easy to cut so cutting out entrances for hide-aways is easy.
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Re: My Dollar Tree Finds (picture heavy)

Post by MeganM » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:10 pm

Looking in to making a second lvl Shell Shop... So the crabs know to dkg through them? If its a deep container can they get to the ones at the bottom?

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Post by singlemomwithcrab » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:18 pm

emiliciousx wrote:Some items I particularly like (and I just pulled the pics off of their website):

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I cut this in half and placed it against the glass which made an enclosure which I use for a shell shop and my crabs LOVE climbing all over it.
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These come in different sizes and colors. Plus since they have holes already, fixing them to a suction cup hooks is easy. I use one for my moss pit and the other as a second level hang out.
Image
These are a GREAT value (4 for a $1). The plastic is easy to cut so cutting out entrances for hide-aways is easy.
This looks like my house. I have multipules of all of these :D Blue basket below was from dollar store.
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Post by YYWW » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:54 pm

OMG i found obe of the 2nd pic, i love it sooo much, but couldnt find any more! I only found 1, and it's the best mosspit ever! I wish i had more, so i could stagger them for a mosspit condo! So jealous!


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Post by singlemomwithcrab » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:04 am

YYWW wrote:OMG i found obe of the 2nd pic, i love it sooo much, but couldnt find any more! I only found 1, and it's the best mosspit ever! I wish i had more, so i could stagger them for a mosspit condo! Image So jealous!


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LOL...which picture??? I can look for you if I know what you want. I promised to go for my son tomorrow.
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Post by YYWW » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:36 am

The ones with round holes. Omg LOVE! Just let me know what section they were at. I found it in the kitchen-y section but it was the only one and i dont think it came from there.


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Post by singlemomwithcrab » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:41 am

YYWW wrote:The ones with round holes. Omg LOVE! Just let me know what section they were at. I found it in the kitchen-y section but it was the only one and i dont think it came from there.


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So this one???

I cut this in half and placed it against the glass which made an enclosure which I use for a shell shop and my crabs LOVE climbing all over it.
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Re: My Dollar Tree Finds (picture heavy)

Post by YYWW » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:42 am

The 2nd pic, with the 4 multicolored baskets with many round holes. Those are the best mosspits EVERRRRRRRRRR!


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Post by singlemomwithcrab » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:44 am

Will do....
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Post by YYWW » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:52 am

WOOT!


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