What are your crabs up to?

[Oliviet#1]

Lol

[purplepincher]

2 of mine are down under and have been molting for 2 weeks. i have 2 smalls and 2 teenys. or is it mini? whatever. they are the next size down, but one is about to get a little bit bigger after her molt! she is a violacen and is very shy. please send hopeful words because she was missing an entire leg, half a small claw and part of another leg. i hope she makes it...

[Oliviet#1]

Me too

[purplepincher]

mango:

hide in hut while grooming

eat while human is at school

team up with salsa to knock the FREACKEN HAMMOCK OFF THE WALL much to the humans suprise

human finds a dry spot to set hammock on! do something interesting to drive his attention away untill the spot is misted over! now!
*flips himself over*

well, it worked. now i have to dry it off myself.

[Jamison]

2 of mine are down under and have been molting for 2 weeks. i have 2 smalls and 2 teenys. or is it mini? whatever. they are the next size down, but one is about to get a little bit bigger after her molt! she is a violacen and is very shy. please send hopeful words because she was missing an entire leg, half a small claw and part of another leg. i hope she makes it...

You have a viola!?! Can you post a pic?

[odelayheehoo]

You have a viola!?! Can you post a pic?

They do not have a viola, it was a deeply colored purple pincher that gave the assumptions that it was one.

[Jamison]

They do not have a viola, it was a deeply colored purple pincher that gave the assumptions that it was one.

Oh,ok lol

[purplepincher]

yea, i messed up on that one! that was before i got into species identification, i just saw a pic of a viola that looked like shadow. LOL

[Jamison]

yea, i messed up on that one! that was before i got into species identification, i just saw a pic of a viola that looked like shadow. LOL

Lol

[purplepincher]

also, what is a pigmented PP?

[Hermiesguardian]

Always so helpful.

https://youtu.be/ecY_WvbiL5I

[odelayheehoo]

also, what is a pigmented PP?

It's just a term for a purple pincher that has a lot of one color, some purple pinchers can be a dark red color, or even a purple color, while some may be lighter colored and pale.

[purplepincher]

mango has a pale BP and shadow has a very dark BP, while salsa has a blueish BP and acorn has a mix of blue and dark purple. strange.

[Overmountain1]

Hey everybody! Mine all came back out from a successful molt a few weeks back, and that wasn’t enough apparently so I had to buy some teenies. Like literally- aside from Mary’s babies- the smallest hermit crab I’ve ever seen! Tim is sooo tiny! Ok so since I’ve got better pics of everybody (almost?) now, this is as good a spot as any to share.

Billy (we were gonna change the name but never came up with anything better so it stuck!) he lives in the wheel all day.

Sam the small, who is missing a walking leg. He has been buried for a few days and I’m hoping it’s for a molt.

Tiny Tim- nuff said!

Tim again- so tiny!

Ten- Ten is one of my very favorite crabs. He’s a unique looking PP.

Dave- our remaining original crab. Also a favorite.

MaggieMoo, just hanging around- looks like I still need more pics of her. Oh darn.

Corn- still learning about this one

Pop- I know how to tell them apart now, but with their similar sizes and shells I couldn’t for a while! So they’re Pop&Corn now lol

And tonight, this is Corn. I think.

Lastly, while not a crab, it is where they will be going as soon as we can drill the hole for the drainage system. The tank and stand, made by us.


Edit- I made that sound like I just buy crabs bc of their size, and while I can’t dispute the validity of the assumption, it truly isn’t the only reason. There were several factors and their circumstances were much less than ideal. They will have their own separate home in the 10 gallon for a while, til I feel better about putting them in with the others. Yes they’d *probably be fine, but since there’s no rush I won’t take the chance on it.


Dave the Wondercrab~Patpat the Scaredy Cat~MaggieMoo~Billy~Pop~Corn~Ten~Sam~Tim~Gene My PP clan

[purplepincher]

cool! show more pics of crabs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so awesome!