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From Email: Can I build an outdoor habitat
by Stacy 
Dana writes:
I own three hermit crabs in a ten gallon tank. I am going home for the summer and my hermits seem to be very happy in their home but I was wondering if you can ever keep hermit crabs outside? I am from San Diego so the humidity is always… more »
Categories: Hermit Crab Care Tags: crabitat, crabs, hermit, outdoor
2010-07-21 09:26:12, 
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2010-07-21 09:26:12, Leave a comment » Hermit Crabs in Delphinia shells
by Stacy
Delphinia shells are consider 'unwearable' and 'undesirable' as shells for hermit crabs. I have assumed that given no other options for shells in the wild, that a hermit crab would take one of these shells. If they will wear a broken bottle why not a ba… more »
Categories: Photos, General, Shells Tags: crabs, earthbound, hermit, shells, trading, unsuitable
2010-01-04 21:08:50, 2 comments »
2010-01-04 21:08:50, 2 comments » Two more gone
by Stacy
So of the 12 crabs I purchased, only 6 remain after a month. I moved them to the main tank this week. Not great odds but not much different than purchasing from a local store either. They never did seem to eat very enthusiastically so maybe that will… more »
More pics of the new hermit crabs
by Stacy
I finally got home and set up a salt water pool for the crabs to soak in. Matt had given them a dish of fresh water when he put them in the tank earlier. I had a feeling they would want a good soak. One of the violas is a PP so I'm contacting the selle… more »
Categories: Fun Tags: brevimanus, crabs, exotic, hermit, indo, rugosus, species, viola
2009-09-10 20:31:08, 2 comments »
2009-09-10 20:31:08, 2 comments » Exotics
by Stacy
I ordered some exotics online yesterday and they should be arriving today! I have the temporary 30 tall tank set up and awaiting their arrival. Major photo shoot will be taking place to help me round out the the <a href="http://coenobitaspecies.com"… more »
Rollie Pollie bug
by Stacy
Adding rollie pollie bugs (also known as pill bugs or sow bugs) to your crabitat is not an entirely new idea. Naturally Crabby introduced them last summer. I wanted to try it as well but couldn't find any in my yard. :( This weekend I went out to check… more »
Categories: Hermit Crab Care Tags: beneficial, bugs, crabitat, crabs, hermit, pill, pollie, rollie, sow
2009-08-30 17:39:36,
2009-08-30 17:39:36, 5 new adopted crabby kids
by Stacy
Wednesday I picked up these five adorable hermit crabs from my area. They are so active and healthy! So excited to be able to help someone out by taking in their pet hermit crabs and to add some new kids to my crew.
Here they are all buckled in for t… more »
Where is the line where life no longer deserves respect?
by Stacy
For some people, it's hermit crabs.
Earlier this week some members of CSJ stumbled upon a blog where a mother was very casual and even making jokes about her 3 y/o accidentally killing their 2 pet hermit crabs with sun tan lotion and how they (mother… more »
I'm adopting again!
by Stacy
5 little hermies are in need of a new home. So of course I said yes! I am meeting up with Wed to pick them up. Pictures to follow naturally :) more »
Choosing a 'good' pet store to buy hermit crabs
by Stacy
A recent email question got me to thinking about how my approach to pet stores has changed since I began crabbing. When I first started keeping hermit crabs I blamed the pet stores for the death of my hermit crabs because their set up was less than idea… more »
Categories: General, Hermit Crab Care Tags: buy, crabs, finding, good, hermit, pet, store
2009-03-08 14:51:26, 1 comment »
2009-03-08 14:51:26, 1 comment » Hermit Crab Care Question from Email: Simulating a natural environment
by Stacy
Tina asks:
I have one PP and E crab. I think my PP is going to a new home (A teacher at my daughters school had a PP that died so I thought my PP could be a good compainion to the lone PP) I have one E crab and want to get more but I have been having… more »
Hermit Crab Care Question from Email: Stress coat as a dechlorinator?
by Stacy
Jeremy asks:
I'm a new crab(s) owner and did a lot of research before I bought my crabs. In the past I had fish in my aquarium and already had a bottle of new stress coat; seeing that this stuff was not cheap and I had read that you could use this t… more »
Categories: Hermit Crab Care Tags: coat, condensation, crabs, dechlorinator, hermit, mildew, mold, stress
2008-12-21 18:01:12,
2008-12-21 18:01:12, Hermit Crab Care Question from email: How do I introduce new crabs to my existing crabitat?
by Stacy
Kathy asks:
Hi! I've been a hermie keeper on and off for almost 30 years now, and am thrilled at how much new information is available on proper care. None of my crabs ever lived long as I didn't know about proper temp, humidity, substrate, etc. unt… more »
Categories: Hermit Crab Care Tags: adding, crabs, dish, hermit, molting, new, under, water
2008-11-30 11:30:53, 2 comments »
2008-11-30 11:30:53, 2 comments » Hermit Crab Care Question from email about Mangrove root and cloudy eyes
by Stacy
Jesse from New Mexico asks:
i was worndering about This root(mangrove)
if i were to feed it to my little hermits what would it do for them. Do you think that it would help heal any cloud eye's????? AND IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHY THERE EYE"S GET COUL… more »
Mmmm Mango!
by Stacy
Just some pics of my crabs FINALLY eating mango! This is easily the 6th time I've offered them mango and they normally turn their antenna up at it. Persistence has paid off finally: more »
Video of a shipment of hermit crabs arriving at a store
by Stacy
See for yourself how hermit crabs arrive at pet stores. more »
FMR Hermit Crabs
by Stacy
Back in 2001 melipye, from Hermies Group on Yahoo, visited FMR. Here are a few pictures she took. Now this is 7 years ago and hermit crabs are more common now I think. Now look at the size of that shell pile and think about all those hermit crabs who wer… more »
It's 2pm do you know where your hermit crabs are?
by Stacy
Mine are out and about :) Just more proof of daytime activity.
(Ok so it's 8:40pm here now but I took the pics earlier) more »
Photos are finally finished!
by Stacy
It has taken me the better part of two weekends to complete the chore but all 1000+ hermit crab photos I have taken are now organized and uploaded to my photo gallery:
Hermit Crab Pictures
Hope you enjoy them! more »
Who needs painted shells when you can have pink poo??
by Stacy
I found these great calcium treats at Petsmart last year and my crabs loved them and yes I love the fact that they produce hot pink and sky blue crab poos. I tossed one in the tank yesterday. This morning it was yet untouched but tonight... HOUSTON WE H… more »
