purple,black,orangepincer

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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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It could be an E, as Es tend to have multiple colors on them. I have Es that are gray, greenish-blue, and orange all at once. Does the crab have stitch marks (/////////) on the big pincher? Are the eyestalks candycorn shaped (kind of like \_/, in case you aren't familiar with them).
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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no i have a cav! cool
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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A CAVIE!!! You sure?? Cool! They like D shaped opening shells. The longer the shell is lengthwise the more they like it. I haven't seen that species in ages and I thought they'd gotten rarer!!!! Wow! Take good care of him. He's a rare find.
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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Without a picture of the hermies eyes, large pincher, sorry greenshellhermit I still think you have a PP.
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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Hermie's rule wrote:A CAVIE!!! You sure?? Cool! They like D shaped opening shells. The longer the shell is lengthwise the more they like it. I haven't seen that species in ages and I thought they'd gotten rarer!!!! Wow! Take good care of him. He's a rare find.
it does have D shell opening now that i look at it
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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ladybug15057 wrote:Without a picture of the hermies eyes, large pincher, sorry greenshellhermit I still think you have a PP.
can pp have black pincers
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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As a matter of fact, they can. If you look at http://www.hermitcrabaddiction.net/SPECIES%20ID.doc, there is a picture of a maroon and black PP on page 2. This document has a lot of good crab ID pictures that I'd recommend you go through closely to find your crab's closest-looking buddy. Also, if you could post pictures on here or link to pictures, we could help you determine what kind of crab it is.
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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well thanks i saw one exactly like it :( i wanted a cav hopefully i find one :D
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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It sounds like you have a beautifully colored PP there Greenshellhermit. I think you should be very happy, I'm a little jealous of you :)
My PP's are all red legs and dark violet pincers, which are pretty, but I'd love a crab that sounds as pretty as yours. Someday I'll have one, or maybe if I feed mine right, I'll have one that way. :)
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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thx crabby joe :D
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