Longest time your have owned one of your crabs?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:56 am

I am always curious to find out about the longevity of crabs in captivity. I remember reading about someone who owned one of her crabs for 25 years!

What is the longest period of time you have owned one of your crabs?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:31 am

Well I still have by origanl craby. And he is 6 months old. So, I have been crabbing for 6 months, lol.

annopia · Post by **annopia** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:37 am

I have had my favorite crab Big 'un since i started crabbing, a year and a half ago.

Caroline

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:57 am

I still have three of my originals from 7-2005. Hello Kitty, Nemo and Sabrina.

BAB · Post by **BAB** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:04 am

I've had Buster from the get go of crabbing. She's been with us 1 1/2 years now.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:08 am

My crabs orange crush, spike, nutty and Zeus have been around for almost 2 years . They are my E's! I have went through 3 molts with them all. But nutty recently had a bad molt so I am not sure if he will make it! He dropped his BP for some reason. :roll:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:39 pm

I've had my oldest crab, Sandy, for a year starting tomorrow.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:51 pm

I think 2 years or more.

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:25 pm

I have 2 PPs from my first batch of 4 PPs that I got in Oct. 2002 (4 years now!!!), and 1 E from my first batch of Es that I got in March 2003.

JeffCrab · Post by **JeffCrab** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:28 pm

I have had 3 pp's from Oct. 2001. So about 5 and half years

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:45 am

I'm goin' on 5 months with Violet and Sunny as my eldest Babies. And I'm pretty sure the only reason they've made it this for is because of the HCA- [smilie=grouphug.gif] !

megs · Post by **megs** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:54 am

I've had Miss Solitaire, a PP, since fall of 2004. She was dime-sized when I got her & is about medium-sized now. I've had Lucifer (also a PP) for about 2 years too. My next longest is my ruggie Babydoll, who I've had for at least 18 months.

My 3 "oldest" crabs are all female, I'm curious, does anybody else notice a similar trend with their older crabs?

Tremors · Post by **Tremors** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:24 am

I've had Cookie for 11 months (1 year on Jan. 27) and Petra for 9 months.

Megs, my oldest crab is male, but 11 months isn't all that long either. Although the pet store guy sure was surprised when I told him I'd had my crab for over 10 months. haha

DustAndEchoes · Post by **DustAndEchoes** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:35 am

Goin on 3 years with Hurricane hattie

hermiegirl · Post by **hermiegirl** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:01 pm

Out of my original 6 that suffered through my horrible starting trial and error type deals, I still have 2 - Dirty(M) and Flash(F). I got them back in September of '05, so bout a year and a half now.

Some of the others I've had for a long while like my teeny ruggies Spider and Pinchie, my teeny Es Sebastian and Shadow, and my small PP adoptee Pandora. Pandora's brother didn't make it unfortunately, he died during his first molt with me, but Pandora is thriving. The one's mentioned just now have been with me anywhere from 6 months to a year.

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Longest time your have owned one of your crabs?

What is the longest period of time you have owned 1 of your crabs?

Longest time your have owned one of your crabs?