What kind of shell is this?
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What kind of shell is this?
What kind of shell is heavy, looks and feels like cement, is tan and round, and has brown and green squigglies on it (natrual shell)?
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Re: What kind of shell is this?
It sounds like it could be one of the many varieties of turbo shells. Look here and see if you can find one that looks like it. There are two pages of pictures, so make sure you check both!
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Re: What kind of shell is this?
The shell doesn't really look like a turbo. I have seen and touched a turbo and they feel smooth like pearl. The shell looks very much so like the one in CrabbyJo's avatar, what shell is that?
I love all my hermies! They are all PPs.
Kawaii
Wasabi
Jake
Hermie
Peach
New plexi glas lid
RIP Helena and Luna-Who died molting...
and Salt and Pepper, my first hermies that died to lack of proper care <3
Kawaii
Wasabi
Jake
Hermie
Peach
New plexi glas lid
RIP Helena and Luna-Who died molting...
and Salt and Pepper, my first hermies that died to lack of proper care <3
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Re: What kind of shell is this?
Actually, turbos are all kinds of textures. Turbo is just the description of the shell shape. I have turbos that are smooth, rough, and ridged.
The shell in my avatar picture is the natural magpie shell that Mokey came to me in.
I think Mokey is now in a smooth, tan turbo, but I have 4 crabs the same size and have lost track of who is who with all the shell changes!
The shell in my avatar picture is the natural magpie shell that Mokey came to me in.
I think Mokey is now in a smooth, tan turbo, but I have 4 crabs the same size and have lost track of who is who with all the shell changes!
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Re: What kind of shell is this?
It.is.a.natrual.magpie.shell!.I.checked.the.Hermit.Crab.Patch.and.the.magpie's.look.just.like.it!
I love all my hermies! They are all PPs.
Kawaii
Wasabi
Jake
Hermie
Peach
New plexi glas lid
RIP Helena and Luna-Who died molting...
and Salt and Pepper, my first hermies that died to lack of proper care <3
Kawaii
Wasabi
Jake
Hermie
Peach
New plexi glas lid
RIP Helena and Luna-Who died molting...
and Salt and Pepper, my first hermies that died to lack of proper care <3