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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:30:31 PM EDT
  Hermit crabs that is 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:33:00 PM EDT
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Why?
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:33:57 PM EDT
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Since pics are included, I'm SO GLAD it's not the other kind...
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:34:20 PM EDT
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Man those things are just nasty looking! Never understood why people have them as pets...or spiders, snakes and lizzards....poodles even.
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:36:22 PM EDT
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Can you eat them?
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:42:42 PM EDT
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+1 give them a hot water bath 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:43:05 PM EDT
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Yeah.........them things are ugly. |
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:44:27 PM EDT
[#7]
Cool
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:44:48 PM EDT
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Yeah, why? |
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:45:07 PM EDT
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Yeah, if you get about 100 more you could make a crab cake. 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:48:13 PM EDT
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why not?
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:48:55 PM EDT
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You guys are missing the point , they are just like owning a Hamster or Tarantula . You should really have a open mind they are pretty cool .
They are actually pretty popular . Here are some links on hermit crab care www.thefunplace.com/house/pets/hermit.html |
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:49:41 PM EDT
[#12]
My shark eats these things...
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:50:26 PM EDT
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So you purchased two disgusting little creatures that you never want to get loose in the house. Got it! 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 4:50:40 PM EDT
[#14]
My brother used to have a hermit crab.
Pretty undemanding pet. Now a fiddler crab........... 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:01:47 PM EDT
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How long did your brothers crabs live? |
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:05:47 PM EDT
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My wife keeps buying hermits.. no matter what we do, they never live longer than a year.
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:17:34 PM EDT
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As a kid I had a few. they lived a long time. Fed them dry cat food and other table scraps. Even saw them molt & change homes.
They are great critters for gambling. You draw a ring on the ground, place them in the center and place bets on which will exit the circle first. |
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:18:48 PM EDT
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If you have two or more, don't they lose their hermit standing?
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:22:25 PM EDT
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Now, that's funny! I don't care who y'are! 
Johnny, you heartless bastard. 
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:22:29 PM EDT
[#20]
Shave your pubes and pour kerosene on your foo foo.
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:24:19 PM EDT
[#21]
lemme guess......yours is the pink one
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:24:22 PM EDT
[#22]
carry lemons and smother yourselves in butter............................................
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:24:23 PM EDT
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Why did you paint their homes?
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:24:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/2/2004 5:31:23 PM EDT
[#25]
 
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Posted: 10/3/2004 6:21:58 AM EDT
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try feeding them. |
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Posted: 10/3/2004 6:22:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2004 6:49:20 AM EDT
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Anyone else ever own these?
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Posted: 10/4/2004 6:51:55 AM EDT
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Those poor crabs.......forced to live and alternative lifestyle in those bright colored shells
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Posted: 10/4/2004 6:55:02 AM EDT
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I had one that lived 7 years and the neighbors just found the one they lost so many years ago had spent almost 20 years behind thier fridge.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 6:58:36 AM EDT
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Wow, almost 20 years???
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Posted: 10/4/2004 7:00:35 AM EDT
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Who gave'em to you?
 Kharn |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 7:06:06 AM EDT
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No shit! I bet keeping a violin that small in tune would be a bitch. I bet that thing didn't have any sense of time either. It probably woke the whole house up at 3 am with that Mozart shit.  D(IBetYouDidn'tKnowIUsedToBeAFiddlePlayerToo)Peacher |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 7:09:53 AM EDT
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MMM. Some Old Bay and 7 minutes in the steamer. That's some good eatin'.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 8:01:13 AM EDT
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Another one of those fascinating threads I find myself reading based on the title alone.
One of my ex's kids used to have two hermit crabs. One kept dismembering the other. Nasty little creatures... |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 8:15:13 AM EDT
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Crab PIE!
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Posted: 10/4/2004 8:19:49 AM EDT
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My daughter has a tank full of them. Six or seven, I'm not sure how many really. It seems like every time I look in, there's another one that she & Mrs. Tanker picked up at the local PetSmart. Interesting little critters actually, and about as low-maintenance of a pet as you can get. Keep them supplied with un-chlorinated water, and food, and you'll hardly know that they're there. They'll eat just about anything, as they're scavengers in the wild. Crush up some of the food pellets (the smaller ones need this done, as the pellets are too big for them to eat), a shredded piece of lettuce, some shaved apple or banana (the more fermented it is, the more they seem to like it), a crushed up cracker, etc..... She has the tank sitting close to the computer, so I'll be sitting there at night, and if it's quiet, you can hear them 'talking' occasionally. They make this weird clicking/chirping/whistle noise that they use to communicate. She'll get them out of their tank, and have them running around on the carpet occasionally. You do have to keep an eye on them, as they can cruise right along if they get the mind to. We had a crab hunt one SAT after she put them down, then left the room w/o telling anybody that they were out. We spent abt an hour rounding them up - under the sofa, the recliner, etc.... Like JohnnyEgo said about them dismembering one another, the only time I've seen this is when one of them died, or was killed, and the others had pulled it out of it's shell, and had been chowing. Little pieces all over the place. |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 8:50:52 AM EDT
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My cat loves hermit crabs!
For lunch! |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 8:54:47 AM EDT
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yeah- i used to have some- they were free on more than one occasion- they make a creepy noise when they're moving on a hardwood floor in the middle of the night.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:00:18 AM EDT
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No, you can have up to four in a terrarium and they will just go to the corners. It's watching that fifth little guy trying to find a corner...Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:01:14 AM EDT
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Those are some cool looking nipple clips.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:02:53 AM EDT
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+1 |
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:08:36 AM EDT
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You only have to shave one side, put the kerosene, lighter fluid, ( or any selection of eccelerant that you prefer) on the unshaved side. Set fire to the unshaved side, and stab them all with a needle as they run to the shaved side.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:27:39 AM EDT
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20 years behind the refer,Huh? They had the same refrigerater for 20 years? Ok, on to other things. What are thier names? I had some when I was a kid . I used to watch them crush spent .22 shells in thier claws. Well they didn't "CRUSH" them but they did bend them up pretty good.Hope you like em. Take care.
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:28:44 AM EDT
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maybe "me and G/F" can get Grammar?
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Posted: 10/4/2004 9:31:21 AM EDT
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My g/f and I ... |
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