:roll: My grandniece had a hermie & I thought it was an interesting pet. 6/2/06 Got a book & Apple, an E, @ small store & put in small KK w/hermie sand, salt & fresh H2O, store food, gravel, & shell shop. Read that they need friends, so went out to Petco that night & got Tree, a PP. Tree died in 2 weeks from PPS, so went & got Branch, another PP. Went back to small store on Father's Day & got Willow & Bud, both Es, after getting 5 gallon & removing gravel. BTW, they even went to dinner w/us!
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Noone even knew they were there!
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Saw little Flower, green E, fell in love & brought her home. After losing Branch, brought home Berry & Leaf, PPs.
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The later proceeded to streak. Had purchase about 5 books by then &
Hermit Crabs for Dummies had this site listed so checked it out & posted the problem. Got some great advice & haven't regretted a moment here.
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Since then, I've lost Apple, Willow, & Flower to bad molts, Streaker (was Leaf) due to the obvious, upgraded to a 10-gal complete w/2 second floors & natural food. Added another 10-gal under the existing one, lost only 10, Still have Bud & Berry & other new friends, have had several successful molts, devoted a drawer in the freezer to them, & am head-over-heels in love w/my babies! Bud & Berry are obviously treasured babies, but I do adore all of them. [smilie=cloud9.gif] They have been a great source of irratation to my husband...I think he's jealous...but they give me great pleasure & many laughs, as well as anxious worry! I just love to sit in front of the tats w/my morning coffee & watch them waking up when I turn on the lights!
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I hope that they will all continue to thrive & have long, happy, healthy lives!
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I'd also like to take this opportunity to say a big, warm Thank You for all the help here.
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One of the few peoplefrom my first posts that I remember being so very nice is Crabber. She's a very caring, sweet person!
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I'm really bad w/names so I'm sorry if I don't remember anyone else.
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