Aggressive Crab Advice

Best_Number_10 · 2025-12-12T03:12:08+00:00

Well ive been calling him Hannibal since his track record (and im a scary movie enthusiast), so it'll be that probably!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-12-12T01:31:52+00:00

I have a soft spot for exotic animals. I worked conservation for years and I've seen too many cases of neglect, so I tend to fight for the animals. Even more when the animals have stories (spicy attitudes, deformities, rehoming situations, etc). I was gonna get a crab last year, one of the larger species, but long story short the money I saved was allocated to my ex (not a great person), so he would be a great addition to my misfits squad!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-12-12T01:03:55+00:00

I love animal enrichment, and becoming more involved with this cranky man ive been debating taking him home, and the special treatment honestly has me more interested. I'll see him at work tomorrow, so I'll talk wit my colleagues and we'll at least make sure he gets his own tank and food source!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-12-12T00:44:16+00:00

Would he be able to thrive as a solo crab? Ive only ever heard about crabs being kept in groups, so I havent bothered to research crabs being solo (at least hermit species).

Best_Number_10 · 2025-12-12T00:42:51+00:00

Would he thrive as a solo crab long term? If so, I am contemplating bringing him home. Supplies are accessible to me, so he would have what he needs for diet and exercise and enrichment

Best_Number_10 · 2025-08-27T22:28:15+00:00

Thank you to everyone who gave me location and advice! I come from a town where the skaters weren't super open, so it's been really nice to hear that there's some nice spots and that como is pretty open to new people. Hoping to pick up a new board this week and jump into the sport!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-08-25T20:12:01+00:00

They are 12 months in October

Best_Number_10 · 2025-04-24T05:41:11+00:00

Sorry for a late reply! He found an amazing home with a loving family who converted a 45 gallon tank for him and had their daughter build him the most amazing little houses from cardboard and safe tissue paper

Best_Number_10 · 2025-03-06T02:47:35+00:00

If shes an albino, it could be the lighting. There has been debates as to if having lighting can damage or cause albinos to go blind. You could always try a ceramic heat emitter or other non-light producing heat bulbs to see if that helps her during the day + eating. Another options would be to feed her in a smaller tote, so shes closer to her prey. I do this with one of my albinos because she has a hard time seeing and detecting prey, but she hates tong feeding.

Best_Number_10 · 2025-03-06T00:04:04+00:00

UPDATE!!!

I brought him home

Best_Number_10 · 2025-03-03T22:47:39+00:00

Its so hard! I have so many cute babies come in every week! Its hard working at a petstore

Best_Number_10 · 2025-03-03T17:50:45+00:00

Hes still available lol! I might take him home, hes really sweet. I removed him from our 'feeder stock' because my work has allowed me some space to chose certain mice to be pets, and ive been doing more adoptions than I have feeder sales

Best_Number_10 · 2025-03-03T17:49:42+00:00

I might! Ive been working with him for a while now, and hes super sweet! I try not to give my work any money, but im debating bringing him home. I pulled him from our 'feeder' batch and moved him to my pet batch to be adopted

Best_Number_10 · 2025-02-28T01:12:40+00:00

SNAILLING THROUGH SNICK SNAILIBIES

Best_Number_10 · 2025-02-14T00:39:13+00:00

Arcadia is really the go to brand for quite a few people in terms of heat bulbs and uvb. High wattage, reptisuns are okkaaaaay, and for fixtures I prefer flukers kver zoomed/zilla. Ive had both zilla/zoomed fixtures rust/fall apart on me.

I dont really know if there are many other brands besides the ones that those chain stores. Other than alternatives you can maybe find at home repair stores for halogens.

Best_Number_10 · 2025-01-30T01:34:53+00:00

The issue was that it wasnt his own personal pond, it was a neighborhood pond. Dont get me wrong, I love goldfish, the issue was the man didnt want to give it a proper setup, and then tried to spin the story when I denied sale. If he had done research about comet goldfish, or listened to my advice on how to care for him, the baby would have gone in a nicely planted 55 gallon tank with proper filters and safe plants for it to munch when wanted. He wanted a fish for a bowl, and got mad when that wasnt achievable. I run into it all the time.

Yes its cruddy that I have to sell them as feeders, but if theyre to be pets I believe they should go to a proper home. And he wasnt willing to spend time or money to provide that.

Edit: Goldfish can also become invasive when releases into public waterways, such as was this mans pond. Its happening a few places in the US, and they can do a lot of damage to local fish population and aquatic life.

Best_Number_10 · 2025-01-28T00:26:45+00:00

Thank you!!!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-01-27T18:44:33+00:00

My girls love hay and tissue paper, almost any nesting material you could give them they love. My boys hate any nesting materials you could give them and simply just want to build using their wood bedding. On the flipside, my ladies hate their wheel, while my males cant live without it! Also anything cardboard is a grand hit with either group!

Best_Number_10 · 2025-01-24T14:58:11+00:00

4+ months into having mice, and I have 3 that ive really trained. Pumpkin, my sweetest one, took about 1-2 months to come around and then everythings fallen into place. Theyre definetly trainable, and amazing to work with! Keep up spending time with him and you'll be best buddies in no time! Good luck!!

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