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Witchy Cowgirl
June 19th, 2002, 10:59 PM
Herman the Hermit Crab changed his shell sometime in the night.
:boing: :p :D :boing: :p :D
I've had him for almost a year. My hubby and sons got him for me cause I thought he was so cool cause you could actually see him....he wasn't all curled up in his shell. Little did I know at the time! OF COURSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THEIR SHELL! Well he was the biggest hermit crab I'd ever seen....being as how I'd only seen 2 other than the ones in the pet shop. I had a hell of a time finding bigger shells to put in his aquarium. After giving him several to choose from, he still never changed. Then finally he did, but I didn't move the little one and the next night he was back in it and stayed there....for months and months....ya'll wouldn't believe how I worried over the little critter. Late last night I heard him rummaging around and didn't think much of it, this morning he was in the big shell.:T HAPPY DAY! I immediately removed the little shell!
:p
BTW, the kids saw him change shells once when he kept changing from the small shell to the one hes in now. (He did that for a while and even then I didn't think to remove the small one:rolleyes: ) They said he's ughly when he's naked!:nyah:

Flaire-FireStar
June 19th, 2002, 11:54 PM
Woo hoo! Go Herman...



Didn't know you could have hermit crabs for pets...that's cool!

Mithrea
June 20th, 2002, 12:21 AM
Oooh, I miss my hermit crabs! I had five and one day they just starting dropping their legs as hey walked. They all died :(

Witchy Cowgirl
June 20th, 2002, 12:23 AM
He's pretty cool! I never know what kinda gift to get my brother so I got him one for Christmas and my Big Bro. just loves Harry. He enjoyed him so much that he got two more, I believe their names are Crusty and, and .... can't remember. Been meaning to get a friend for Herman .... just haven't done it yet.:p

Fire_Crotch132074
June 20th, 2002, 01:18 AM
I got a few of them, like 4, but they all fought and killed eachother. And me being 10 I watched with a smile :)

Ohwell...

Witchy Cowgirl
June 20th, 2002, 07:14 AM
Mithrea, maybe you can help me....or at least give me an answer.
Aren't they supposed to dig into the sand and molt? How often are they supposed to do that? Once a year? He hasn't molted yet, but I don't worry about that too much.

And the fighting thing is one reason I've been hesitant about getting "a friend" for Herman. I read somewhere that they are really social critters, but I'm afraid Herman has been alone for so long he might not want company.
My brothers 3 Hermit crabs all get along fine.