HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello. My name is Melissa and I am a Hermit Crab addict. It has been 6 days since my latest addition(s). You may be a Hermit Crab addict if:You can't walk into a pet store without saving a crab (ot two).You walk up to your crabitat wiggling your fingers in front of your face as if they are antenna (it does work - thanks Keg!)Next?

If you bother butchers or the fish counter for scrapsIf having a bucket full of salt water (sitting out so the water can become properly oxygenated) sitting on your counter once a week.

Your husband shouts, "Good Lord come to bed and leave those crabs alone!" because you've been watching them for an hour or two.You've dedicated a whole room in your house for them.You worry every day when they are down and molting.You walk past a friend, neighbor, co-worker and they say, "there goes the crab lady". haha This hasn't happened to me YET.

Oooo that's a good one I'm the "crab lady" at my local petsmart heheAnd I get that come to bed already line too. If you are reading this while you should be doing work or paying attention in class

It's possible that I should be working now

If you memorize all of the known species and typical regions like I have then proceed to lecture the family dogs on the differences.lol

you show pictures of your crabs at work!on the forum and your co worker says, WHAT do YOU talk about? Cause she knows the forum color. your best friens sees things in your shopping cart that she knows you wouldn't eat and says let me guess? for the crabs?? you just smile, and walk away!

When you walk right into the tank as soon as you get home to check the humidity and temperature then kiss your kids...And when you move around to change dishes, your 2 year old asks if you're feeding the crabs...

OMG!!! This is marvelous!! I do almost ALL of the things mentioned!I have managed to walk away without any new babies a couple times now. Usually it takes one of my kids to drag me away though.I antenna wave, not only at my own crabs but the ones in the stores.I don't bother the butcher for crab snacks, that would be my husband's job as he does most of the grocery shopping. I just make the crazy lists!My husband has shouted those exact words!I worry about them often, play with them several times a day (antenna waving mostly), but so far the room isn't completely dedicated to them. We are however trying to figure out where on Earth we're going to put the Christmas Tree this year because the crabs are in it's usual spot.And yes I am the crab lady at two different Petcos and to all of my friends.I've not memorized crab species, etc but have been know to lecture the cats and the kids and even the turtle once on hermit crabs, their care and so forth. No dogs in my house.I am working on Hermit Crabs made out of Sculpey Clay. Don't know who to give them to yet but we'll see how it goes.I made Artist Trading Cards out of photos of a few of my crabby babies and my profile picture on facebook is currently one of the hermit crabs. I have more photos of the hermit crabs on my facebook than of my children and other pets combined. This one really worries the kids some days.I googled Totem Animals + Hermit Crabs. Hermit Crab Wisdom includes: Love of freedom, Mobility, Ability to live anywhere, Understands the need for rapid change, Movement through decades, Ability to store water energy, and Comfort in darkness.So...I'm Peg and I am a hermit crab addict. What were those 12 steps? And are there 12 steps to further enjoyment of this addiction?

you know your an addict when...you offer to help your science teacher set up a new terrarium because you want him to convince him to put crabs in ityou are so driven to convince him that you talk to him for so long he says yes just to make you go away you actually convince him to put crabs in itthe only reason you convince him and help him is because you want to have crabs in the two places you are at most..

Hi, I'm not allowed to share any information about myself on the internet, but I have 8 PP's.You know you are a crab addict when you are up chopping foods and vegetables until 11, and your parents are shouting at you, "We told you to do this earlier, its a school night!!!"You LOVE trpis to the dollar store because you can walk put of the store with FIVE new things for the crabs with only $5.

This is crazy, I do all these things. So I guess I'm addicted. But I knew that already.I really can't think of anything knew, they are the last thing I look at before bed and the first thing climbing out. I get up at night to check on them. If it turns cold while at work I worry about if they are warm enough. The list goes on and on.

I know what you mean. I have my 55 gallon tank next to my computer and bed. I keep the red lights on at night so I can watch them play and eat whenever I turn around. It also works as a distraction when I do work on the computer. Right now one of my straws is dragging a silver fish under a stump.

**you find more satisfaction talking to your crabs than to people.**at a restaurant you have a take home box for the dogs.....and the crabs**if you spend more than 3 hours a day "researching" toys for your crabs

...your seven year old son says to you.."Geez mom, don't you think you have enough crab stuff?"This thread is tooooo funny!!