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This is a collection of links and information that may be helpful to our approved hermit crab adopters. Even if the hermit crabs’ owners say they are clean and healthy, we urge you to isolate them for at least a month. Introducing mites or shell disease to your healthy colony would be devastating. If you are actively adopting, we suggest having a small tank to use as a quarantine for incoming hermit crabs. Argument for isolating hermit crabs If you’ve adopted a crab that is ill or missing multiple limbs: Caring for sick or handicapped hermit crabs This may help if the infection is fairlyRead More →

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What else would you call it when  you add FOUR new Local Representatives to the team? Please don’t judge my love for my LRs based on the cleverness of my writing. 😀 Some days I’m less creative and I’ve put this post off too long already. Let’s get to it and welcome four new wonderfully crabby people to our Local Representative team: Anna K – Missouri Ian G – Missouri Ronda L – Utah Yoa J – IndonesiaRead More →

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Another new addition!! Welcome Jeanne S. to the local reps program! Jeanne will be covering her region of West Virginia, USA. Jeanne joined our group and immediately fit right in. She is eager to help and usually one of the first to welcome a new member to the group. We are excited to have her on the team! I asked Jeanne for a little introduction… “My son wanted a pet in 1988 so my in-laws got us a hermit crab . Herman lived 3 months in a critter keeper I saved his shell . Still have it. Flash forward to 2005, a friend went toRead More →