Anyone here have a hermit crab for a pet? - Page 1

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone here have a hermit crab for a pet?

Posted: 6/22/2022 5:50:55 PM EDT

I had several when I was a kid and you could even get them at Walmart for $1.50 or $2.00.
Anyway, I haven't been in a pet shop in years and I wounder if you can still get these?

Posted: 6/22/2022 5:55:27 PM EDT

[#1]

Ive had a few. Got one like 10 years ago at Mall of America for my now wife.

Posted: 6/22/2022 5:57:43 PM EDT

[#2]

My son has one. I have to admit, I'm kinda attached to the little guy.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:00:13 PM EDT

[#3]

What do they eat?

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:06:46 PM EDT

[#4]

Had those when we were kids. I don’t know why.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:10:49 PM EDT

[#5]

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Hermit crab food.

They're little pellets. Like fish food.

I had a GF who had one for 15 years. It might still be alive.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:31:44 PM EDT

[#6]

Down the shore they still sell them. We got a couple last year and even though I rarely see them, they are still alive. I feed them fruit, vegetables, raw meat, and hard boiled egg.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:43:01 PM EDT

[#7]

i've had a few. the only thing i really remember about them, is the blood blister you get, when they pinch you.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:47:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Smart little buggers.

Had one that knew how to pinch the minimal glue that sealed his tank walls to climb to the top and slowly nudge the metal lid off.

Another moved cardboard tubes and rocks until he built a ladder.

Then he his behind a gap behind the kitchen cabinets and I had to place down a water bowl for him so he wouldn't die. However, he knew if I got up when I heard his shell clicking and would run back to safety. Over the course of a month, I had to move the water bowl further and further away from his hole to eventually get enough time to run in and grab him before he scuttled back in.

Posted: 6/22/2022 6:51:43 PM EDT

[#9]

I imagined more of you had crabs

Posted: 6/22/2022 8:50:27 PM EDT

[#10]

My boss' assistant just bought a hermit crab enclosure for his office as a surprise for when he returns from his trip to India.
I was thinking of throwing a few bark scorpions in there just to mess with him.

Posted: 6/22/2022 8:52:40 PM EDT

[#11]

I had one or two as a kid and I remember them crawling around on the pea gravel in their cages at night and making a shitload of noise. Kept me up

Posted: 6/22/2022 8:54:00 PM EDT

[#12]

No, but I am suddenly curious how they would taste boiled and dipped in melted butter.

Posted: 6/22/2022 8:56:09 PM EDT

[#13]

Really cool creatures. My daughter has a few of them.

They actually have a lot of personality

Posted: 6/22/2022 8:59:26 PM EDT

[#14]

go big or go home..

Posted: 6/22/2022 9:03:08 PM EDT

[#15]

Begged my parents for them when I was 12 and we were at Ocean City, MD.

They were alright. Pain in the butt.

They were till alive the next year. Took them back to the same store the next year.

Posted: 6/22/2022 9:22:09 PM EDT

[#16]

My son had one for about a year and then we let it go

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