Chirping please help!

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Ayume
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Re: Chirping please help!

Post by Ayume »

Two of mine,Kyuubi and Ocarina; chirp at eachother all the time. It's not in anger though I'm certain because they just end up snuggling up together and sleeping.
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Re: Chirping please help!

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Mine can get incredibly loud, especially when I've just changed their substrate! Chirping, knocking against the glass, moving stuff around, etc. I used to get up and check on them when they would chirp, but they never seem to be having any trouble, so now I ignore it unless they get REALLY loud.
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LOud chirping

Post by hermit crabs rock 10 »

hi guys tonight i was going to bed when i heard a weird noise so i looked in the tank and my bigger hermie hercules is on top os my other hermie tinkerbell! i didnt know if they were fighting but tinkerbell was makeing this really loud chirp so just to be safe i took hercules out and put i=-him so he couldnt reach her. Was this the right thing to do?
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Re: Chirping please help!

Post by ladybug15057 »

Please read the postings above, but in this situation yes they should of been separated.
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Re: Chirping please help!

Post by babesbarn »

try giving them some popcorn (unsalted and unbuttered). They chirp for that.
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