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by breren92
Wed May 15, 2019 9:17 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

Ok so we've lost 5 out of 7 crabs. Averaging about 1 per day. No one will take these things and I've done everything I know to do. Please someone tell me how to put these poor things down quickly

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by breren92
Tue May 14, 2019 6:50 am
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

Yes of course. That's all I've used. Thank you!

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by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 11:30 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

Tomorrow I am going to try this new aquarium that just opened in my city a few months ago. I gave them a bowl of saltwater and they seemed to come alive a little

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by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 8:50 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

They are green stripe hermit crabs. Online pictures confirm and so did an associate at petsmart

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by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 8:13 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

Here are some of one that I just lost a couple days ago. I can't bare to break it to my 7 yr old https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190514/db0b730aae2bbe4657ac38daf03f8de1.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190514/adb99bd851fdb0177a06e513b97e7fb9.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190514/24e...
by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

Other than the first 2 just simply dying. None of them really move. They seem to enjoy the water that they are placed in but they move out and go back to their bedding. I know they are nocturnal but I have not seen them eat or drink. They could give a crap less about the extra shells, they have refu...
by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 7:56 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Re: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

I don't know how. It doesn't show me where. They are all Green Striped hermit crabs.
by breren92
Mon May 13, 2019 7:42 pm
Forum: Crab & Care Questions
Topic: Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer
Replies: 19
Views: 1700

Adopted some salt marsh crabs that will not live much longer

A week ago some people I know went to the Gulf of Mexico in South Louisiana. They and some other adults (all related) decided that it would be "fun" to capture some wild hermit crabs and take them home as pets. Without mentioning any names, I will say that they are my daughter's grandparents on her ...