Hermit Crabs Out of Their Shell

Questions about unexpected problems.
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Post by krazykrablady »

how long have ya had em? just give em a bit of time, moves are very stressfull for the lil fellas!
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Post by Mr. Hermy Crab »

OKAY. It has like I've said takes less time to come out when it wants to. When I first got 'em it took 30 min. Now the record is 2 min. but thats after previous attempts to come out. Like it takes 10 mins then he'll go back in then it will be 7 mins, then 5mins, etc. :P But they are eating. By the way I'll refer to the "SHY" crab as Mr. Eugene Crabs or Crabs for short. :D
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Post by hermiesrokmysox »

poor guy. He just has to get use to his surroundings. it's good he is mocving, explore, figureing stuff out! It would be quite a change to be shipped to a pet store, then placed into another new invirement! ^)
it's still good news he is coming out quicker!
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Post by Mr. Hermy Crab »

He's doing fine and is very very active, but doesn't like company. I sneak up on the lil' devil he was crawling like crazy. He didn't even flinch when I moved until I tryed ot pick him up. :P YEAY!
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Post by hermiesrokmysox »

the more you hold them, the more they like it. I use to hold my hermeis a lot and they started liking it and got use to it, now i haven't in a really long time and they hate it!!! :)
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Post by Mr. Hermy Crab »

I play with mine everyday, well the other 2 anyway. How many crabs you got???
I got 3.
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Post by hermiesrokmysox »

me too! i had four (an E, very small! Dime sized) and he died in February.
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Post by Jaci »

all of the crabs that i have now will not go back into their shell when i pick them up to play with them. when lemi and bebe first came up from their molts, they hid in their shells for a bit, but eventually they got used to it again. unfortunately right after lemi was getting used to be held again, he went under for this 2nd molt. :) they're so funny.
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Post by iluvhermies »

I have one that was very shy the shell is big enough it can go in and you can not see it at all. It went down and moulted it is one of my most active crabs now. So we named it happy.
Big Daddy*Speedy*Doc*Spot*Sandy*Spongebob*Kolasas*Mrs. Puff*Larry*Gary*Joy*Liberty*Troy*Gabrielle*Ryan*Chelsea
Eddie*Maddie*London*Irwin*Miley*Oliver*Marianna*Dalton*
Chevin*Peeping Tom*April*Hannah*Peanut*Brandon*Brandi*
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Post by Jaci »

how strange that you noticed a whole change of attitude after a molt. mine have been active before and after molts. huh. this isn't a stress question, but when your hermies come up from a molt, are they smaller or bigger than before? both lemi and bebe looked smaller. is that normal?
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