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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:20 am

Image well I have a few hours & decided to do some spot cleaning, freshen up the pools, clean the moss pits, shells,& add a few lil climbing branches that came off the maple tress from our yard..I see I have some company..perhaps spying on me..lol..this is "no name" only because I didnt have enufff time to spend w him/her before she hide for a mnth..ive tried to sex him/her but wasnt having it today..I want to say a she, because like to redecorate the moss I have outside the wood hideout..Any suggestions on a name?

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Post by Brittanybaby22 » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:39 am

Baby is a cute name or cutie pie and Bella are cute names to if its a boy Embry

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:17 am

awwww I love those names!!! thank you so much..ill update when I can sex them both!!:grin:

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Post by CallaLily » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:40 am

It may just be my screen but s/he looks very red to me. Beautiful crab! How about Ruby or Garnet? Rumen or Pyrrhus?

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:14 pm

HEY CALLA & BRITTANYBABY!!!! WE HAVE A FEMALE!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:15 pm

yes she is very dark..let me see if I xan her all the way out

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:25 pm

Image our room is on the shady side so this her trying to climb up the window sill, for a picture

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:29 pm

ImageImage how silly is this...trying to fight a crab for a picture. but she is pretty..

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Post by CallaLily » Sat Oct 18, 2014 1:14 pm

She is pretty! More purpley than I could see in the first pic. May have to rethink the names. :D

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Post by moonshermies » Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:46 pm

ImageImageImage sorry about the bright flash against the tank..This is my 10 g setup for my 2Purple Pinchers..the net is my cheap 2nd tier which hold a deep moss pit..they can either climb the tree bark(against the left side,behind the bromeliad) or across the apple branch which I have wedged against the hideout..the hideout side is 7"deep with the hidey sumwhat submerged (the hidey is a reptile hideout w a thick tree trunk on bottom,& they love it) there are 2 blue containers for water pools. I use those, outdoor rechargeable led lights for your walkways as evening spylights, they only last about 6 hrs but I can't see from afar w/o having my face depressed against tank.You see who is checking things out & I think we like it..CALLA , see how red she looks in these pictures?

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Post by Brittanybaby22 » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:24 pm

She's cute

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Post by moonshermies » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:15 am

Thank you brittany, I know my guys sort of live in a(no offense to anyone cuz I been there, Ghetto) type tat (compared to what i see here), but theres always room for improvement & want to do better after I get a bigger tank.. I left everything behind from the slummy hotel room, I was in for 13 yrs &im starting out new again..

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Re: Pictures

Post by wodesorel » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:44 pm

It's awesome to hear that things are getting better. Just remember to put yourself first, and not the pets. :) It doesn't matter what the tank looks like to us humans, so long as the hermits have what they need. Heat, humidity, deep substrate and enriching things to climb on - all of which you've provided.

Your tank is so much like my first one! Mushroom containers for water dishes (the only downside is they tend to crack a lot), branches from outside (which they love and I've never stopped using) - and even down to the netting (although I used my old fishnet tops from my goth days :lol: ). I had trouble with heat the first few months since it was my first time with exotic pets, and had to keep the tank wrapped in an emergency mylar blanket to boost the heat high enough. It was overwhelming at times, but it was a heck of a lot of fun!
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Post by moonshermies » Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:48 pm

awwww Wode thank you for your words of inspiration!! that is greatly appreciated..the children, husband,& hermies always come first cuz thats just the type of caring person i am..I was reading the threads about "Going all out for your hermies"I wanted to cry..But my husband always tells me what a gr8 job im doing, always searching our yard for ideas to make the hermies happy..Think hes getting a lil involved more , cuz when he was chopping some maple for our outdoor firepit, he bought me up a halflog saying "I think the crabs will like for the new tank or the emergency tote you have..let me know if i have to cut it dwn any" I thought that was awesome!!
anywho, sorry for rambling & thank you for the reassurance!!:smile:

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Post by Brittanybaby22 » Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:17 pm

My hermit crab stays in a tote with a heating mat on the lid with two water dishes one for fresh and one for sea salt water and a food dish with some really good food for him he just changed shells I will be getting a bigger tank I have vines to hang in his new tank I am getting it for Christmas I have shells for him in his tank and I mist him every day and a log for him your hermit crab has a pretty color

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