littlest crab will not change shells and his shell has chip

isadoraisacat · Post by **isadoraisacat** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:09 pm

So my littlest crab will not change his sell I have about 15 different shells provided from tiny to medium to large
all turbo shells, everyone else has changed many times even traded shells. this guy is in his green turbo still
but its chipped, any reason why he may feel the need to just stay in this shell despite the wear and tear on it?

PTCrabs · Post by **PTCrabs** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:41 pm

Maybe he's comfy in it and doesn't want to change right now? Maybe he chose one that was big enough last time and it still fits?

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KayedeeLove<3 · Post by **KayedeeLove<3** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:14 pm

^ What they said... Crabs are weird!

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isadoraisacat · Post by **isadoraisacat** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:37 pm

hes the only one i worry about because hes so small. He was my first one and i didn't realize until i adopted more crabs
how tiny he actually is. He is about maybe a little bigger than a quarter.

PTCrabs · Post by **PTCrabs** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:02 am

I have one that size that refuses to get in a shell after his surface molt so I'd be happy if he was still in his shell from a year ago that we got him in lol...he's fine as far as I can tell...eating and drinking and walking all over as if he was in a shell it's been going on for almost 2m now...id say as long as yours is eating and drinking and acting fine...he's fine...

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KayedeeLove<3 · Post by **KayedeeLove<3** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:08 am

I understand! Same thing with my smallest! The other night i caught him in the act. He tried on at least 5 shells right in front of me! Then right back to the worn turbo -__-

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bbcraft22 · Post by **bbcraft22** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:50 am

don't worry. I have a small-medium (Bob), medium-large (Fred), and a medium (Shelly). My biggest moved into my smallest hermit crab's shell. He stayed in it for about a week, then he changed.

isadoraisacat · Post by **isadoraisacat** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:38 pm

bbcraft22 wrote:don't worry. I have a small-medium (Bob), medium-large (Fred), and a medium (Shelly). My biggest moved into my smallest hermit crab's shell. He stayed in it for about a week, then he changed.

he actually ended up changing shells for about an hour, than switched back. he has so many to choose from
that are nicer versions to what he already has and for whatever reason likes his shell haha.

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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