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The LHCOS Adoption program is getting an update! Adoption Coordinator Alison Brant is reworking our application forms and streamlining the adoption process. We hope these changes will improve response time and keep our maps current. Cat Barron has agreed to join the Adoption team to assist with processing applications. The application form to become an approved adopter is updated and live on the Hermit Crab Adoption page. Existing approved adopters should have received an email from adoptions @ lhcos.org requesting a status update via the update form. If you are currently an LHCOS approved adopter and did not receive the update email, contact adoptions @Read More →

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It has been brought to our attention that a sudden influx of new businesses are attempting to subvert the LHCOS Approved Seller process. In some cases, these new businesses are closely copying Approved Seller’s products and selling them as their own, while claiming that anyone can do research and make safe products. This is undeniably true. Anyone CAN do research and make safe products, but not everyone does. Just think about every pet store product marketed to Hermit Crabs. To the untrained eye, these products seem safe–they have a brightly colored hermit crab on the packaging and are sold through the pet industry–but decades ofRead More →

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We have discontinued our monthly contest to choose our calendar photos due to lack of enagement/poor photo quality but we would still love to produce an annual calendar to help raise money. We are now accepting photo submissions to be considered for the 2025 LHCOS Hermit Crab Calendar! Things to know BEFORE you submit: Upload your photo to Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/request/ja4JEvbAZJYoLca7jMtL We’re looking forward to seeing all of your adorable hermit crabs!Read More →