sounds interesting!!!easy to take care of them or not???dun they live in d water????sorry not familiar with this crab....

These hermit crab live on land 90% and rely on water just to wet their gills and drinking.

It is easy to take care of them as long as you follow the procedure. Over all the expenses spent on them isnt alot compare to most pets.

---

Added on August 21, 2008, 9:50 pmYa, do post some pics, though i am not into large ones but i am into medium, small and micro ones. Looking forward for the pics

This post has been edited by onscreen: Aug 21 2008, 09:50 PM

Some of the pics here... I like the small ones, but I like to watch the big ones climb the trees it is like spiders hehehe


Attached thumbnail(s)

some more pictures




Attached thumbnail(s)

That isnt large, that is jumbo! I got a very bad pinch from the medium crab and that is why i dare not opt for large / jumbo ones.

The blue black mark has yet to heal :(

---

Added on September 1, 2008, 9:19 pmUpdate, Fish shop in 1U no longer sell crabs. I have to see if midvalley's carrefour still sell crabs.

This post has been edited by onscreen: Sep 1 2008, 09:19 PM

i went to midvalley 2 week ago , i repeat seeking for the shop you all mention in midvalley, but i couln't find it ? is the shop inside midvalley or the shop outsidet midvalley?

---

Added on September 2, 2008, 5:02 pmis that mean how that is no way we can buy hemit crab any more? why ? why? i love hermit crab.... i get used to hear their shell knocking sound when at night beside my bed...., i even wake up mid night to watch them play around ....:'(

This post has been edited by bee002: Sep 2 2008, 05:02 PM

Its in Midvalley's carrefour. If i am not mistaken, it is on the next row where they sell car accessories. In the middle you can see a small section on small pets like hermit crab, hamsters. Then on the next row is the equipments and the pets food. See if i can get the permission to take photo in carrefour, i will take the pics of the location.

Sadly to say yes, 1U one is closed and chances for us crab lovers will have limited joy. So far only spot for us is Midvalley and if they stop selling, its going to be a very bad news for us.

Ya, i got used to the shell knocking sound during the night, its like a symphony. Sometimes my crab chirping in respond to the shell knocking.. haha cute.

This post has been edited by onscreen: Sep 2 2008, 05:23 PM

you took the photo already ?

Not yet, i was sick for the whole of last week anyway, i will be going there this Thursday and will update as i progress.

damn... my hermit crab escape from it's aquarium..... cant find it in the house now... T_T

How can it escape? Sad to tell you this but escaped hermit crab is really hard to find. They jump into any hole they find or crawl on any edge they can reach.

My small hermit crab is struggling through to survive now . But i find many symptoms of molting around him, hopefully its a successful one.. else it is going to be a hard time for me to hunt on where to buy hermit crabs now as many shops in PJ stopped selling hermit crabs.

---

Added on September 15, 2008, 6:46 amSmall crab just died Think i am going to resume my RES hobby.. i feel really sad each time a crab dies..

This post has been edited by onscreen: Sep 15 2008, 06:46 AM

onscreen: im so sorry to hear that...may ur small crab rest in peace.

btw... i found my Hershey... it crawled out when I was about going to sleep... what a luck~
it escaped when i left it in a small aquarium which i actually bring it out around... guess i left the cover loose and it sorta climbed out... but now it's save n sound in the big aquarium. ^^


This post has been edited by Hiyuki: Sep 15 2008, 10:59 PM

haha glad that you found back Hershey.

Right now i have 1 crab left, Pinch, a rather large crab hope he can last till i find a spot for hermit crab purchase

My gf hermit crab just pass away yesterday, hers is mini size, and last one, she used to have 5, but after two or three years , one by one "retired". Everytime this happend she feel sad and down. Before this we try to find replacement but unfortunately One U shop close down. Others shop which stated here are not selling those mini type.

I also hope that anyone can able to provide information where can we get those mini size of Hermit Crab.

1U shop did not close down. If you take your time to refer the first post in this thread, you will know the location of the new shop.

Anyway, i am sorry to say all major listed shops no longer sells hermit crabs. The life in captivity is really short. In the wild, 30 yrs, in captivity, 1~3 years. Mine survived for 1.5 years and 2 years.

Formerly, 1U shop is famous for mini hermit and medium ones until they died too fast during sales. So they have stock on medium large ones, same thing, died even the moist and temperature suits them. The last batch of crabs just died a week i bought from them and i did told them that their time is about time, some of the crabs have bubble at its modified gill.

Mid Valley's Carrefour one is through an agent who specialized in small pets. Same thing happen to the crabs, 20 of them died almost in the same month. I went to Mid Valley today and saw only empty shells and i was told about it.


So, i may lock this thread if there is no new hermit crab selling spot and activity for the next 6 months.

---

Added on September 21, 2008, 3:30 amUpdated first page : http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=14912397

It is going to be a bad news for all of us

This post has been edited by onscreen: Sep 21 2008, 03:30 AM

oh shit then hope my 3 crabs wont die so fast

Good news... for all hermit crab keepers.
Hermit crab is back on sale in Pet Family Taman Megah. The shop is located behind the indoor badminton and futsal court, and next to the Tmn Megah food court.

This time the hermit crabs are red color i have yet the determine the which species they belong to.


This is Strawberry Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlatus)








They look like cooked crab to me, but naturally they are red in colour all over. These photos you see here is a temporary captive tank setting for them. Beach sand, electric fan, and driftwood are on its way.

This post has been edited by blitzboy: Sep 25 2008, 10:34 PM

Sweet!! i am 5 mins walking distance from them.. sure going to pay them a visit.

Will update the front page tomorrow

---

Added on September 29, 2008, 12:02 amYap Strawberry land hermit crab. RM18 each. Last counted, 9 of them and yes, all of the decoration and sand have arrived. It is so well decorated that all the crabs hug the drift wood and did uno stacko .

I went through all of it today and none of it pinched me when i let them walk around my palm. Most of them were freshly molted and 2 is about to enter molting process as their eyes is cloudy with faded strawberry red color around its exo.

First page updated! Enjoy while it last

This post has been edited by onscreen: Sep 29 2008, 12:11 AM

why why i should check this on last friday, now alrady monday i waste my chance to buy them, and during weekdays i hardly go to buy, finsih work also about 7 rush there also arounf 8 to 9, what time the shop close? maybe this coming sat i will go there and buy

but only left 9 ? so less? is that they will try to sell for long time ? hope this coming sat still got stock left... or maybe some one here can help me buy 2 first then later i get from you haha, ( a bit too "kia si" )

i had call them they open until 10pm so i will going to get 2 tonight will post the photo later.

This post has been edited by bee002: Sep 29 2008, 02:00 PM

Last counted is 9 left.. maybe i miss out some which was hidden behind the driftwood.

Dont worry on the stock, the time i went there have alot of people around but none even took a peep into the hermit crab tank..