Chirping...is it always a bad sign?

Where we discuss the behavior of our hermit crabs, as in fights, pecking orders, shell swaps, etc. Please post all naked-crab posts in the Emergency forum.

shobes
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Re: Chirping...is it always a bad sign?

Post by shobes » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:54 am

I think that chirping is alright. One of my E's will chirp at all different times; when he is climbing on the top of the tank, when someone tries to climb over him, and he even chirped to let me know that he was up from his molt. It just depends on the crab, if you start to see more aggressive behavior then you should start to worry. :lol:
Proud owners of 13 crabs:

PP's - Barney, Kermit, Kitty, and Lizzy
E's - Echo, Sprout, Turbo, Houdini, Arnold, Little Monster, Giant and Speedy

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Dragoneyez32
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Re: Chirping...is it always a bad sign?

Post by Dragoneyez32 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:52 pm

When both of my Es were alive they would chirp at each other. They were best friends, they would just sit in the corner and talk every night. I had a PP that was a chirper and squealer too, for no reason I ever found. I have since lost that PP and one of the Es though, so all has been sadly quiet.
3 PPs (Gigantor, Copycat and Spazz), 1 E (Spidey), 1 Golden Retriever (Kira), 2 Lionhead rabbits (Fuzz and Snow), 4 human babies, (5 if you count the fiance), and a partridge in a pear tree!

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