i just bought a hermit crab for a pet.
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damn i scared my hermit crab and he pinched me with his big claw!
lol that shit hurt.
he crawls around my hands and all over the bed and floor.he's very active.the other ones at the mall about 50 or more they were small and hid in their shells and never moved.
in my parents dialec they call them UMANG so thats his name now.
lol that shit hurt.
he crawls around my hands and all over the bed and floor.he's very active.the other ones at the mall about 50 or more they were small and hid in their shells and never moved.
in my parents dialec they call them UMANG so thats his name now.
they are scavengers so they eat anything human food even sweets like cookies and cake.vegitables i gave mine sum lettuce and they gave me sum shit that looks and smells like crushed beer nutts or sumthin?
gave me the idea to give him crushed peanutts if all else fails.
they barely eat and can go without food for 3 weeks so i don't trip.
he ate a lil yesterday.
gave me the idea to give him crushed peanutts if all else fails.
they barely eat and can go without food for 3 weeks so i don't trip.
he ate a lil yesterday.
Word up Toop'
I took my chilins to the Strawberry Festival yesterday and my 11 year old won 2 of them thar crabs. The 5 year old was all sad n'stuff so I let him play. Lil Deep musta threw 30 ping-pong balls, even kissing the last one, but could never get one to land in the bowls you had to to win a crab. He walked away sad and dejected and the lady felt bad, ended up giving him a crab just for trying, so WAR that chick. Later I went back with the few xtra tix I had and won another. The lady said we had spent so much time over there that she gave me a free starter kit. Basically a cage, vitamins, brochure, sand, and a lil umbrella for decoration.
I named mine, "Mr. Crabs" and Lil Deep named his, "Sponge Bob".
I took my chilins to the Strawberry Festival yesterday and my 11 year old won 2 of them thar crabs. The 5 year old was all sad n'stuff so I let him play. Lil Deep musta threw 30 ping-pong balls, even kissing the last one, but could never get one to land in the bowls you had to to win a crab. He walked away sad and dejected and the lady felt bad, ended up giving him a crab just for trying, so WAR that chick. Later I went back with the few xtra tix I had and won another. The lady said we had spent so much time over there that she gave me a free starter kit. Basically a cage, vitamins, brochure, sand, and a lil umbrella for decoration.
I named mine, "Mr. Crabs" and Lil Deep named his, "Sponge Bob".
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@ deep once i get sum extra money i will get a bigger cage for him.once i take him out the cage he crawls all over the place but when i put him in there he sleeps.
i think i need to order sum shells for him to mess around with.i'm not sure if our pet stores carry them like the people said.
whut have you fed them so far?
i think i seen him eat and drink once with his lil attenas i'd think they would use their claws.
@ deep once i get sum extra money i will get a bigger cage for him.once i take him out the cage he crawls all over the place but when i put him in there he sleeps.
i think i need to order sum shells for him to mess around with.i'm not sure if our pet stores carry them like the people said.
whut have you fed them so far?
i think i seen him eat and drink once with his lil attenas i'd think they would use their claws.
well i got him a 10 gallon tank,a hideaway rock a heater and a sea sponge and water dish.he already got a shell food container.we got sand from the beach and now he's happy.he locked on the sea sponge and drank water so now i know that works better than just water in the bowl like the guy told us at petco.i put a bambo tree in there for decoration.he digs around the sand and is'nt as afraid as he used to be when people pass by so he looks comfortable.i learned they are knocturnal and eat at night.
all i really need now is sum shells for him to change clothes.
whut sucks is the mall burns people they charge by the cage and they gave me this lil one for 20 bucks.
shit a big 10 gallon tank cost 11.
plus the food and water dish they over charged for too.i coulda got everything he needed the first time i payed for him.
the only thing is the pet store don't carry big hermit crabs they got lil babys.
mine is pretty big.
oh well?
as long as he's happy and alive.
all i really need now is sum shells for him to change clothes.
whut sucks is the mall burns people they charge by the cage and they gave me this lil one for 20 bucks.
shit a big 10 gallon tank cost 11.
plus the food and water dish they over charged for too.i coulda got everything he needed the first time i payed for him.
the only thing is the pet store don't carry big hermit crabs they got lil babys.
mine is pretty big.
oh well?
as long as he's happy and alive.
Yeah Toop' you got to get the bigger shells though I'm not certain how fast they grow (which would determine how soon you have to cop some). I plan on going to PetSmart this weekend and picking a few things up. For now, I put the cap to a used water bottle in there and filled it with water for them to drink. I've dropped a few bits of celery in there for food, but the vitamins I was told only to give them only every-other-week. I'm assuming they were already giving them their vitamins when I got them so I won't be givig them a dose for another week and a a half or so.
So you let them crawl around? Like were? And I forget whoever mentioned the noise they make at night with the sand, but it's absolutely true. I don't keep mine in the room (in the kitchen instead) so it doesn't bother me, however, I do hear it a lot when I'm getting ready for work in the morning since I'm up at 4am. It's pretty loud. One of them likes to dig himself as deep as he can under the sand and just chill. It looks funny cuz it appears he's trying to hide, but the sand is only so deep and his shell hella sticks out. Reminds me of my lil brother when he was a lot younger and we used to play hide-and-seek. He'd simply cover his eyes or only hide his head and think you couldn't see him, LOL!
So you let them crawl around? Like were? And I forget whoever mentioned the noise they make at night with the sand, but it's absolutely true. I don't keep mine in the room (in the kitchen instead) so it doesn't bother me, however, I do hear it a lot when I'm getting ready for work in the morning since I'm up at 4am. It's pretty loud. One of them likes to dig himself as deep as he can under the sand and just chill. It looks funny cuz it appears he's trying to hide, but the sand is only so deep and his shell hella sticks out. Reminds me of my lil brother when he was a lot younger and we used to play hide-and-seek. He'd simply cover his eyes or only hide his head and think you couldn't see him, LOL!
