What am I going to have to do?

noahc66 · Post by **noahc66** » 07 Jul 2013, 16:25

I have had 3 crabs since june 10th, but a question struck me. When 2 of them die, what will I do? I know they dont like living alone. I do not plan on getting any more after these 3, because this was a one time rescue operation from the horrible conditions of the pet store.

emmac350 · Post by **emmac350** » 09 Jul 2013, 01:08

If you find yourself in that situation, then your last crab will be alone until (s)he dies. It may make its death come slightly faster, given the higher stress level of being alone, but it certainly won't necessarily kill it immediately or even after a few months, depending on how well it's being cared for.

Alternatively, you could get addicted like the rest of us and just get more anyway.

aussieJJDude · Post by **aussieJJDude** » 09 Jul 2013, 12:13

If this does happen, how will you feel about adopting them from people that can't care for there lil ones any longer? Sometimes, people often don't know how to care for them or there "child got bored of it as it never moved" and so you not supporting the petstores and you rescuing a crab that is in need. And most of the time, the crab comes with free stuff - I adopted 5 crabs for free, including a 20G tank, coconut fiber, 2 great wood peices, shells, hidy hole which all crabs love and heat and moonlight lamp...

noahc66 · Post by **noahc66** » 10 Jul 2013, 09:25

I live in New Hampshire so I don't think that there any near by places where I can adopt any.

aussieJJDude · Post by **aussieJJDude** » 10 Jul 2013, 20:42

noahc66 wrote:I live in New Hampshire so I don't think that there any near by places where I can adopt any.

There is a few american web sites which "sells" (out for adoption) like Kijiji

(did I spell correctly?) and a few others - check all web sites where you can get animals off..

emmac350 · Post by **emmac350** » 11 Jul 2013, 16:48

There is a hermit crab adoption website at http://hermitcrabadoptioncenter.wordpress.com/. It's run by ladybug15057, one of the mods here, but it hasn't seemed to do much lately. Craigslist is something to watch (in the US) in both the free section and the pets section.

noahc66 · Post by **noahc66** » 10 Aug 2013, 10:17

I just checked out craigslist for the first and that sounds like the best option, there are no hermit crab listings in NH so far, I will check it every other day. What is the maximum amount of crabs that can be in one 20 gallon tank?

aussieJJDude · Post by **aussieJJDude** » 10 Aug 2013, 11:49

noahc66 wrote:I just checked out craigslist for the first and that sounds like the best option, there are no hermit crab listings in NH so far, I will check it every other day. What is the maximum amount of crabs that can be in one 20 gallon tank?

I would say 4 small crabs, however each tank is different, you know when there is a overload

ladybug15057 · Post by **ladybug15057** » 13 Aug 2013, 08:20

The adoption center is slow, I haven't had much time to post all the info. But new adoptee listings are being posted, but not the adopters who are filling out the form. Craigslist and free cycle are good things to look into as well.

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