The straws are here! -Pictures-

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:32 pm

The straws are here! 1 jumbo named pepper, 1 large named salt, and a medium named spice!I ordered them from livehermitcrabs 3 weeks ago and they came last Thursday!I ordered 2 but I got 3!Here they are Just for fun here is lego, he is the dominant male And the domenient female Sammy I promise an update with photos and videos later

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:10 pm

OMG! OMG! OMG!!! SOOOOO ADORABLE!!!

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:11 pm

Do you know if they LHC ship to Canada? Or ANY sites that do?

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:17 pm

I'm not sure but I can find out

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Tue May 14, 2013 5:17 am

Okay When I upgrade to a 100gal (if I do) Or I end up by re-homing some I wanna get some exotics There IS a place in Vernon that gets: Violas, Indos, Straws and Blueberrys. BUT they are like 25 bucks each.

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Tue May 14, 2013 7:17 am

That's probably a good deal, the crabs from LHC can be up to $25 and the shipping can be up to $40

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Tue May 14, 2013 9:43 am

Theodora if you have a Big Al's pet store near you, I would check them. It seems that Canadian members can more easily and readily get straws, E's and viola's than us folks from the States. I know that people in Canada who go to those stores have reported that they usually find those species. It would be a lot cheaper to gi through then vs LHC because she will have to put an additional charge because of distance and customs.

Post by **JediMasterThrash** » Tue May 14, 2013 1:56 pm

We used to get straws, brevs, ruggies, and viols at Petco for about a year and a half, but haven't seen any in like 5 years now.I love that shell on Lego. I have a big one like that I bought at a shell and rock shop. I never got a crab to go into it but it's a great decoration.

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:28 pm

I want some Straws/Ruggies/Violas/Blueberries/indos/........ GOSH I WANT EVERY BREED IN THE WORLD!!!

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:56 pm

Thanks JMT, actually I went to a party in NYC (new York city) and the shell was on a display in their house. I said, "did you know that's an african turbo shell?" They told me they didn't know that and asked me if I wanted it. I said YES! I boiled it and cleaned it and then placed it next to lego he literally jumped out of his pretty pearled turbo shell nd jumped into the african turbo. Know that I know he liked them I'm ordering more! I am crabssesses with shells! I just put in a $70 order for a ton of shells and I'm putti g in another order soon.Yes I know what you mean Theodora. I want every crab, unfortionatly that wouldn't work out for me. I am limited to one "large tank" which is currently my 50 gallon (my crabs), 1 "small tank" which is my 15 gallon (my brothers 3 crabs), and the several ISO's. and some species like viola and indo can't be together or they will kill each other and I can't have seperate species tanks. I am done ordered exotics. Maybe I will get another E in the future but I have enough exotics. The exotics seem so cool to have at first but really their not special after the first week. Yes it's cool to have straws, but I can't hold them because their delicate and I have to be more careful about stressing out crabs. Exotics are not more energetic then PPs they are not any different except for the fact that the require specific care.

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:58 pm

quote:Originally posted by Theodora:I want some Straws/Ruggies/Violas/Blueberries/indos/........ GOSH I WANT EVERY BREED IN THE WORLD!!! There are more then that... There are spinies, Cavipes, Aussies, psuedos, brunnies, crazy crabs. And tons othersThere are more than 30 species of Coenobita but only a handful of them are commonly found as pets through out the world. C. antarcticus · C. baltzeri · C. brevimana · C. brevimanus · C. brevipes · C. brunnae · C. brunnea · C. carnescens · C. cavipes · C. clypeata · C. clypeatus (Land Hermit) · C. compressus (Semi-Terrestrial Hermit Crab) · C. diogenes · C. guttatus · C. hilgendorfi · C. longitarsis de · C. lypeata · C. oliviera · C. olivieri · C. pearlatus · C. perlata · C. perlator · C. perlatus · C. rubescens · C. rugosa · C. rugosa rubescens · C. rugosus · C. rugosus rubescens · C. rugosus rugosus · C. ruqosa · C. scaevola · C. spinosa · C. spinosis · C. spinosus · C. subrugosa · C. variabilis · C. violaceus · C. violascens

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:05 pm

A video of straws... Strawberry crab link (click here) Here's some crab time lapse videos Video 1 Another time lapse Crabs fought over shell The fight This is what the tank looks like Video of tank

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Wed May 15, 2013 9:37 am

OMG!! I just watched your video of opening the package and...... I AM GOING TO STRANGLE THE OWNER OF LIVE HERMIT CRABS IF SHE DOESN'T SEND ME SOME!!! That OR I am going to find some other way of getting them. I NEED STRAWS!!

HermitCrabingrid · Post by **HermitCrabingrid** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:43 am

Haha straws rock, my hcp patch order just came and the straws don't understand that you climb on wood not sit under it

Theodora · Post by **Theodora** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:52 am

XD heh heh, yah?