The Crab Street Journal

Pre Molt Symptoms

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:20:00

Observed Premolt Symptoms

by Marie Davis

At times, crabbers become concerned due to certain actions their hermit crabs are beginning to display. Often, they are concerned that the hermit crab is ill, or has another form of complication happening that needs attention. Where, as on occasions, the symptoms they are observing may be due to a stressful situation, whether it be from their past or current living conditions, there are many times that the hermit crab is displaying premolt symptoms. If one knows that he/she has provided the hermit crab with the essentials it needs to thrive (proper humidity level, proper temperature, proper diet, bacteria/mold and a pest-free environment, etc.), what you are beginning to observe may very well be premolt symptoms that the hermit crab is displaying. With the numerous molts we have had, I would like to share some of the premolt symptoms I have observed with our hermit crabs and hope it can be of some help to ease other crabbers concerns.

Zoea

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:09:45

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Tetracycline (Melafix?)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:56:25

During our first month of crabbing due to the lack of knowledge regarding proper hermit crab care our crabitat, as well as possibly the hermit crabs, had a bacteria infection. We were instructed to give the hermit crabs a tetracycline bath daily for a week, as well as deep clean the crabitat.

Escaped Hermit Crab

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:21:25

On occasions one may find that when they do an antenna count they seem to be missing a hermit crab? Where possibly could it be? All empty shells have been looked into, including doing the precaution of turning the shells upside down and placing water within them. There have been occasions when a hermit crab has changed shells and fits so far down within it they are impossible to see. By placing water within the shells and turning them hole side up, if the shell moves hole side down a crabber knows there is a resident within it.

Approaching a Pet Store

Sun, 03 May 2009 22:35:30

When you find a pet store that conditions for hermit crabs are less than ideal, your first reaction is to get mad. Get mad at the store, get mad and possibly say things to the person working in this area. You might tell them what you think of their store and march out! That was my gut reaction too. I was so angry and was in tears. I was told by the âacting managerâ his hands were tied and there was nothing he could do. So I left the store.

The Crab Street Journal You Tube Channel

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:40:00

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New site design

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:31:20

Hello everybody,

You probably don't know me, but I've been working hard on this site over the last few weeks, to give it a more modern layout and to update the site's look to what you expect from a modern site.

The new site design is almost completed, and is ready for external judgement, and I would like to ask you guys what you think about the new site. As this site is a bit too wide still to run the new layout properly, I'm going to post a screenshot of the layout in action. It still needs some tweaks, but I expect it may run on this site as soon as next week.

I need you guys to tell me if you like the new design, or if you hate it. Tell me if you like the colors, or hate it. Tell me everything, so I can modify it. Don't stop your good ideas, I'm doing anything I can to help you!

The screenshot of the theme (this is on my test site, I'm finishing the last tweaks today, and I'll do your requests after finishing those tweaks ^^):
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Kevin

Hermit Crab Emergency

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:30:00

We are sorry that you are experiencing a crab care emergency. Below
are some links and information to our most commonly experienced
emergency situations.

This is not to replace help from a real person but to get you on the
right track until someone is available to answer your email. The emergency help account is not monitored 24/7 but someone will get back to you ASAP. Your feedback will help us make this automated response as helpful as possible, please let us know if you found the information you were seeking in these links!!<

New Crab Care Sheet - preventing death

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:20:00

One of the biggest concerns when buying hermit crabs is early death due to PPS or Post Purchase Stress. The term PPS has been used commonly for many, many years in the hermit crab community. PPS is blamed for unexplained deaths of new crabs. The physical stress occurs mostly PRIOR to your purchase and how many of your new crabs die unexpectedly relies on how much stress was inflicted prior to purchase. The act of harvesting and shipping hermit crabs is very stressful as the crabs are denied humidity, food, water and warmth for long periods prior to shipping and during shipping. They mostly arrive at pet stores dry, hungry, dehydrated and sometimes cold. The last crabs harvested before shipping will be less stressed and more likely to survive. Naturally the opposite holds true for the first crabs to be harvested. Often it takes a period of time for the stress and dehydration to catch up with them but it does and the hermit crab dies. Sometimes itâs a week, or a month but it could take longer. Gill damage from dry air (lack of humidity) can be a slow painful death for a hermit crab.

The Crab Street Journal 2009 My Crabby Valentine

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:25:43

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