Painted Shell

[Julsie]

I bought a hermit crab from a local petco while out Christmas shopping and couldn’t resist how active and friendly this crab was so I bought him. He’s currently in a painted shell and I recently bought around 50 shells and all of my other crabs except 1 have switched shells immediately. Why is he choosing to stay in the painted shell? Ive attached a picture of him + my shell shop my shells range from small all the way up to huge


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[angelbear]

They tend to cjange they're shells when they are ready.
You can try giving them a rinse in saltwater to make them more intresting

[Crabby7Crabber]

Aw, so sweet!

[CrabbyLover77]

My rescue crab June Bug came in painted shell, but she didn't change for about 2 or 3 days after I got her home. Sometimes they take a while to decide which one they like best lol.

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[Crabby7Crabber]

Yeah, I forgot to add that my first E came in a painted shell. It took him awhile but he eventually changed even though the show he changed into was way smaller, lol!

[Motörcrab]

E's are the most stubborn to change shells. Ours tend to wait until their butts don't fit their shells anymore!

Xenocrab rescued a crab in a painted shell when we first started dating. Figgy took about a year to ditch the yellow shell! Then someone else would take it! it took us a month or two until they got bored aggravating us with it!
Figgy used to be called "Yellow Guy", when he changed it was "Former Yellow Guy", or FYG, "Figgy"!

[Crabby7Crabber]

E's are the most stubborn to change shells. Ours tend to wait until their butts don't fit their shells anymore!

Xenocrab rescued a crab in a painted shell when we first started dating. Figgy took about a year to ditch the yellow shell! Then someone else would take it! it took us a month or two until they got bored aggravating us with it!
Figgy used to be called "Yellow Guy", when he changed it was "Former Yellow Guy", or FYG, "Figgy"!

Agreed! My profile picture is my E- he chose a super tiny shell over his large painted ones. I've given up trying to understand them. Nice story on your one crabby thought!

[PattyJ4437]

He could also be destressing before changing. Unfortunately he was most likely forced into that shell to begin with. Such a sad industry for our little guys.

[Crabby7Crabber]

He could also be destressing before changing. Unfortunately he was most likely forced into that shell to begin with. Such a sad industry for our little guys.

Agreed!