Land Hermit Crab Owners Society

Mary and Sara join the Local Rep team! (Page 45)

I could not be more proud to announce that our team continues to grow! Two more amazing folks have joined our team. Please join me in a warm, crabby welcome for our newest Local Reps!!

First up is Sara from Ontario. That means if you live in Ontario, she is your local rep. Given the size of Canadian provinces it is a bit challenging for one person to effectively cover the entire region but our folks will do their best to help you find local resources.

“I live in Ottawa, Ontario. I’m a mother of two crazy kids and 6 crabs!

There isn’t much I don’t like doing… I enjoy meeting new people and good conversations.

I started my hermit crab journey back in 2011 when I was in South Carolina and saw this huge metal cage with all these hermit crabs inside. Like everyone, I felt bad and purchased one and smuggled it home to Canada. Then I found out the pet store sold them too. Purchased another!

The little one I got from the South didn’t make it past a month. I felt so guilty and didn’t buy anymore. The one I had left is still with me to this day! My little buddy Whiskey.

Around Jan 2018, I had a flood. Decided to search Facebook and found this group. Checked out CSJ and knew that this was the ultimate source to get help. Everything got a revamp and a huge upgrade. Then, of course, more crabs!

I truly enjoy helping people and I want to give back to this group and the crabs by doing my part to help advocate and educate.”

Our second new team member is Mary. She comes to us from NW New York state. If you live in her region, she is your Local Rep!

“Mary met her first hermit crab in Florida in the 1990s and fell in love. When the military moved her family two years later, she surrendered her hermits to a neighbor, but the fascination remained, quietly dormant, yet festering. Later, she lived in the Turks and Caicos islands AMONG the wild hermit crabs and listened to the rattle of their shells as they came out to scavenge for food and water as the sun went down. Many years later, after her children had grown and gone, a friend’s daughter no longer wanted her last remaining hermit crab and the festering fascination returned, with a vengeance. She saved that crabby, acquired a few more, found LHCOS online, upgraded to a 55-gallon tank, then a 120 tall, and now she spends way too much time and money and angst trying to breed Caribbean hermit crabs and bring babies successfully to land in the hopes that some day all pet hermit crabs won’t have to be harvested from their wild homes.”

Mary and Sara join the Local Rep team!

By: lhcos

On: July 20, 2018

In: Local Representatives

I could not be more proud to announce that our team continues to grow! Two more amazing folks have joined our team. Please join me in a warm, crabby welcome for our newest Local Reps!! First up is Sara from Ontario. That means if you live in Ontario, she is your local rep. Given the size of Canadian provinces it is a bit challenging for one person to effectively cover the entire region but our folks will do their best to help you find local resources. “I live in Ottawa, Ontario. I’m a mother of two crazy kids and 6 crabs! There isn’t much IRead More →

How about a new Local Rep to ring in the new year?

By: lhcos

On: January 3, 2018

In: Local Representatives

CSJ and LHCOS is thrilled to welcome Stephanie B. to our Local Representatives team! Stephanie will be a Local Rep for upstate New York. About Stephanie: A little bit about me: I live in upstate New York-at the tippy top in the Adirondack region. I’m a mother of two humans, eight hermit crabs, one betta fish, soon to be one bearded dragon, and one husband. I enjoy naps, reading, and relaxing hot baths-all of which rarely happen because I have two humans children, eight hermit crabs, one betta fish, and a husband. Like a few members here, I became a hermit crab owner/enthusiasts through myRead More →

Adopter Resources

By: lhcos

On: October 27, 2017

In: Society

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 →