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Meet Carol Ann Ormes, Crab Kate and Jonathon Livingston Crab. In August 1976 Carol purchased Kate and Jon at two different stores along a boardwalk in Maryland. Their shells were the size of the tip of her pinky. 35 years later, in 2011, Crab Kate passed away. Jon passed away February 2021, 45 1/2 years together. Jon, Kate and Carol will always be an inspiration to the LHCOS community. To learn how to properly care for your pet hermit crabs we invite you to join our Facebook Group Land Hermit Crab Owners Society. To learn more about Carol, Kate and Jon you can read theirRead More →

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The Land Hermit Crab Owners Society started as Hermies Onelist – a mailing list for fans of Vanessa’s Crabarium website which started in 1995. It soon became an online society for hermit crab lovers around the world. Hermies Onelist soon became a Yahoo!Group in August 1999 and included features such as chat, databases, files and polls.  Notable crabbers Vanessa Pike-Russell, Don Drenning (Crablover Don), Jennifer  Borgesen (Motown Jenn), Carol Ormes (Crabworks), Karen Rogers (kish_29730),  Marie Davis (Ladybug15057) and Stacy Griffith (Forever Purple) kept busy moderating the group.  The care practices that are now considered the standard throughout the hobby were established by this group asRead More →