Speaking/chirping but no fights or pain or sufferage

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Speaking/chirping but no fights or pain or sufferage

Post by Undercrablife » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:01 pm

So i just cleaned their tank we found stiker making tunnels and runner and iceberg doing some stuff idk so i just brought the tank to the stand and i heard chirping but nothing going on plz i need hepl so i know are they happy cause of the moist humidtyy?

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Post by aussieJJDude » Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:36 pm

They do make noises and communicate...

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Post by Undercrablife » Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:52 pm

aussieJJDude wrote:They do make noises and communicate...

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Post by C_fiesta » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:07 am

Were they under ground when you were cleaning/moving the tank? Could you describe the cleaning process?

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Post by Undercrablife » Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:20 am

Well one was but he wasnt molting he was just digging tunnels. First i put my 2 above crabs in a cleanimath bath which is declorinated and they walk around if was thier leg hight not submerged. Then i take out all decor and sit it on a paper towl just for a sec. Then i dumped all the old eco earth. Tuen put the decor in the tank andmstarted washing it no soap or anything harmfull. Last i made new eco earth and put it in tank. Then i put all the washed decor in the tank then i put the crabs in the tank. Then fed them graped and strawberrys

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Post by C_fiesta » Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:29 pm

They were probably mad at you for tearing apart their home. For future convenience , unless you have a flood, bacterial buildup, or mites you don't need to "clean" the tank by replacing the substrate. Some crabbers never do that unless they move, while other suggest doing it once or twice a year.

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Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:16 pm

C_fiesta wrote:They were probably mad at you for tearing apart their home. For future convenience , unless you have a flood, bacterial buildup, or mites you don't need to "clean" the tank by replacing the substrate. Some crabbers never do that unless they move, while other suggest doing it once or twice a year.

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Post by C_fiesta » Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:28 pm

I didn't mean to offend you! I just meant that handling and rearranging the tank can make crabs stressed and perhaps they were chirping back at you. Although, I've never heard of that happening. You did post in the emergency section and ask for help. I was only trying to help.

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Post by PinchersAndShells » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:28 pm

They definitely can get stressed out and chirp if there are hands that keep coming into their safe zone. :wink:
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Post by PinchersAndShells » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:31 pm

C_fiesta wrote:I didn't mean to offend you! I just meant that handling and rearranging the tank can make crabs stressed and perhaps they were chirping back at you. Although, I've never heard of that happening. You did post in the emergency section and ask for help. I was only trying to help.

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Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:43 pm

PinchersAndShells wrote:They definitely can get stressed out and chirp if there are hands that keep coming into their safe zone. :wink:
Thx for help

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Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:44 pm

C_fiesta wrote:I didn't mean to offend you! I just meant that handling and rearranging the tank can make crabs stressed and perhaps they were chirping back at you. Although, I've never heard of that happening. You did post in the emergency section and ask for help. I was only trying to help.

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Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:45 pm

PinchersAndShells wrote:
C_fiesta wrote:I didn't mean to offend you! I just meant that handling and rearranging the tank can make crabs stressed and perhaps they were chirping back at you. Although, I've never heard of that happening. You did post in the emergency section and ask for help. I was only trying to help.

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This can happen for sure, my shell shop fell and when I went to pick it back up I had to move it with my E in it. The E started chirping like a madman.
Wait E there was a video on Yt Saying that there was a hermit crab attacked by another crab named E

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Post by PinchersAndShells » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:04 pm

Undercrablife wrote:Wait E there was a video on Yt Saying that there was a hermit crab attacked by another crab named E

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An E is just a shorter name for a subspecies of hermit crab called an ecuadorian. They can be more aggressive than the most common species found in pet stores, purple pinchers, but with proper care they are just fine.
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Re: Speaking/chirping but no fights or pain or sufferage

Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:21 pm

PinchersAndShells wrote:
Undercrablife wrote:Wait E there was a video on Yt Saying that there was a hermit crab attacked by another crab named E

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An E is just a shorter name for a subspecies of hermit crab called an ecuadorian. They can be more aggressive than the most common species found in pet stores, purple pinchers, but with proper care they are just fine.
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