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Approved Seller Index

Visual Index of Approve Seller Shops

Hermies Homemades

2025-03-29
By: lhcos
On: March 29, 2025
In: Approved Seller Index, Approved Sellers

I make all natural homemade hermit crab climbing stuff. My mighty oak tree supplies me with all my wood. It is then soaked and baked in Instant Ocean making it also a tasty treat! Pebble bridges is also one of my favorites to make.Read More →

Coenobita Curiousities

2025-03-28
By: lhcos
On: March 28, 2025
In: Approved Seller Index, Approved Sellers, Society

Coenobita Curiosities (CC) is one of the first vendors to offer enrichment items for hermit crabs. CC has been creating hand crafted items for hermits since 2020, and became a LHCOS approved seller a few months later. The shop started after Dan and Samantha began posting pictures of their crabitats online. People’s comments were positive and many people were interested in purchasing our products. Coenobita Curiosities was originally going to be a pop up shop at Crab Con 2020. Unfortunately the world put a nix on that plan. In order to get their products out to the world, their shop on Etsy was created. CoenobitaRead More →

MT Pet Emporium

2025-03-27
By: lhcos
On: March 27, 2025
In: Approved Seller Index, Approved Sellers

MT Pet Emporium is a small shop based in Montana, USA. We’ve had crabs since about 2010 and we’ve always loved making food for them! In 2016, we decided to start offering our food online. Our crabs still test every product. We specialize in unique proteins and treats. Recently, we’ve started offering 3d printed items that we’ve made ourselves.Read More →

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New to hermit crabs? Begin with Start Here before applying care standards.

Content on this site is informed by decades of hermit crab care research and education published through Crab Street Journal.

Crab Street Journal was created by the founders of Land Hermit Crab Owners Society as the organization’s official online magazine and hermit crab care library. It exists to document best practices, correct misinformation, and support ethical, science-based care for land hermit crabs.

Educational content published by LHCOS reflects the standards, research, and care philosophy developed and maintained through Crab Street Journal.

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