A Rug That Has Turned Bright Pink

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Post by Guest » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:18 am

Lovely coloring... congrats on the successful molt. :D


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Post by Guest » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:53 pm

Thats an EXTREMELY beautiful hermie! :)

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Post by bksbuddha » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:26 am

What a simply marvelous looking baby!!!!!! I must say that you have some truly gorgeous babies. My Cedar is also a gorgeous shade of pink. Ya gotta love those Ruggies for their variety of colors don't ya. This is my little Seed who used to be rather pale up until his last molt. 8)
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I don't think the lighting does him justice! :wink:
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PPs,Straws,Es,Ruggies, Violas, & Indos!
3 Hounds, 1 Bunny-Lilly, 6 PDFs, Corns-Slither,Squiggle,Sparkle,Spirit,& Skully, Crayfish-Chester & Little Fella, Ts-Allure, Charisma, & Ladybird!

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:58 am

... while this little guy turned into greenish blue-grey color:

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:31 am

This pink ruggie has finished his first molt in 2008. All missing legs has been regrown. In mid-December, he had molted, but attacked by an indo. I found him naked, severely battered ( 3 walking legs had gone ).

I isolated him and he went into deep burrow in the sand. After about 3 weeks, this morning he has emerged with perfect limbs !

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Founder of "Blueberry land hermit crab" - common name for Coenobita purpureus, and "Zebra Sunset land hermit crab" for a new subspecies of Coenobita violascens


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Post by Guest » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:55 am

Oh my! So incredibly jealous!

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Post by bksbuddha » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:46 pm

:shock: What a gorgeous baby you've got there...& I'm not just saying that because he fairly resembles my Cedar either! :lol:
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Everytime Cedar molts w/a window under his BP, I confuse him w/the PPs because of the purplish spot on it. :oops:
I march to the beat of a different drummer...did I mention my husband is a drummer!

PPs,Straws,Es,Ruggies, Violas, & Indos!
3 Hounds, 1 Bunny-Lilly, 6 PDFs, Corns-Slither,Squiggle,Sparkle,Spirit,& Skully, Crayfish-Chester & Little Fella, Ts-Allure, Charisma, & Ladybird!


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Post by Guest » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:01 pm

I have ALWAYS loved your amazing pictures, and the abundance of sinistral land snail shells you have around there.

As you might remember I'm a big shell collector, specializing in sinistrals. Just curious to know if your dextral ruggie is still in that sinistral shell?

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Post by hulk » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:09 pm

wow what a cool color! I am going to try to feed mine some of that HA HA!
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Post by Guest » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:29 pm

That is one of the most gorgeous ruggies I have ever seen!!! Bright pink & purple!!!! What a beauty!!!! :smt007

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