There is a hermit crab in a really small cage on my desk, what do I do with it.

His name is Turbo.

6/16/2011 10:38:45 AM

haha

6/16/2011 10:39:29 AM

attn: (TWW User)

6/16/2011 10:40:10 AM

either fry or saute

6/16/2011 10:40:56 AM

Give it sand deep enough to bury itself, keep the cage very humid and warm. And, you know, food is good.

[Edited on June 16, 2011 at 10:54 AM. Reason : aha. I'm tired. ]

6/16/2011 10:48:00 AM

Yeah give it the sand deed, crabs like to own property

6/16/2011 10:50:02 AM

FREE WILLYTURBO!

6/16/2011 10:57:47 AM

It's a hermit, just leave it alone or it will yell at you to get off of its lawn.

6/16/2011 11:44:41 AM

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=caring+for+a+hermit+crab

6/16/2011 12:00:54 PM

Also you need to not have just one. They are social and like friends.

6/16/2011 12:01:33 PM

I didn't realize Str8BacardiL was 10 years old

6/16/2011 12:02:03 PM

one time at the beach drunk biofreak70 caught a hermit carb and tried to keep him as a pet, he named him boom boom and petted him. then I threw a shell at him and boom boom ran away

[/dumb story]

6/16/2011 12:05:02 PM

lol

6/16/2011 12:12:34 PM

Last weekend at Shackleford I saw two horseshoe crabs doing it. I tried to pull the top one off and he was all HEY MAN DO YOU MIND?

6/16/2011 12:25:56 PM

Some Permethrin should take care of your crabs.

6/16/2011 12:35:30 PM

Quote :

"I didn't realize Str8BacardiL was 10 years old"

As they get hungrier they get meaner you could say. If you think it's cute to hold it in your hand and so forth, it could one day pinch you and just not let go. Happened to me once.

Again, when I was 10.

6/16/2011 1:03:44 PM

Never feed it after midnight.

6/16/2011 1:04:53 PM

Evidently they can live for quite a long time, and (as has been mentioned) are social and like to have some friends. Something other than a really small cage would probably be appreciated as well...

Best of luck with your crustacean friend!

6/16/2011 3:22:53 PM

i remember losing one, and ended up finding him still alive in the garage weeks later

wish he had a camera attached to his shell to see what adventures he got into!

6/16/2011 3:25:01 PM

Step 1: do nothing
Step 2: see step 1

6/16/2011 3:40:51 PM

attach a camera to his shell and see what adventures he gets into

6/16/2011 3:41:31 PM

I have like 10 of them in my fish tank

6/16/2011 3:42:13 PM

Don't put terrestrial crabs in a fish tank though. They will drown.

6/16/2011 3:49:18 PM

Anyone got a critter cage or small aquarium you don't need? I think he is bored.

6/17/2011 3:06:41 PM

you should set up a webcam so we can all enjoy the hermit crab action

6/17/2011 3:11:48 PM

Get him some friends and also deep enough moistened sand so he can bury himself as was earlier stated. Also, I would get him some stuff to climb on, a 10 or 20 gallon tank to live in and a temperature/humidity gauge (I can't remember what the actual name for it is) to put in the 'crabitat' to monitor said temp. and humidity.

6/17/2011 3:50:27 PM

old bay and sea food sauce

6/17/2011 3:52:32 PM

Quote :

"one time at the beach drunk biofreak70 caught a hermit carb and tried to keep him as a pet, he named him boom boom and petted him. then I threw a shell at him and boom boom ran away [/dumb story]"

drunk bastards...it wasn't a hermit crab. But hilarious nonetheless

6/17/2011 3:53:07 PM

and it was boomer, not boom boom... gah, get your stories straight!

6/17/2011 3:55:08 PM

Quote :

"Also, I would get him some stuff to climb on, a 10 or 20 gallon tank to live in and a temperature/humidity gauge (I can't remember what the actual name for it is) to put in the 'crabitat' to monitor said temp. and humidity. "

I would get him a solid gold Rolls Royce and filet mignon every night.

6/17/2011 3:57:15 PM

$15.01 including tax and shipping!!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Regent-10-Gallon-Aquarium-1-ct/10312733

6/18/2011 9:57:11 PM

I used to have on and he went missing for months. Then in the middle of my mother's book club of all the prissy rich wifes, he came out and scuttled across the floor and all of them where scared.

6/18/2011 9:59:59 PM

This thread made me lol.

Also, try and watch him switch shells, it's like you can never catch them do it! It's like waiting for water to boil and then you blink and POOF new shell.

Only reason I know they look like the aliens on MIB is cause I'd clean the dead ones.

6/18/2011 10:04:50 PM

^^^Isn't Wal-Mart FUCKING AMAZING? $15 for a FUCKING AQUARIUM! That's like 1975 prices right there.

6/18/2011 10:10:33 PM

I am thinking about buying like 5 of those and selling them on craigslist for $25 each.

6/18/2011 10:23:22 PM

I am reading about molting.

6/18/2011 10:33:30 PM

LeBron James and I are approaching our 1 year anniversary! Sadly, Bosh and Dwyane Wade did not make it more than a few months, but we are still interested in expanding our crab family this summer.




Word up to Skwinkle. She knows her shit when it comes to crabs.

[Edited on June 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM. Reason : ]

6/19/2011 10:39:29 AM

Spooky, Biggie and I don't think the one under the bridge actually has a name yet.


Buddy


I haven't seen Sherman in a while. He molted a couple weeks ago and I thought he was dead because I saw a crab out of his shell, but it was just his molty-bits.

6/19/2011 11:58:46 AM

mine have never molted

6/19/2011 2:31:12 PM

turbo is an awesome name for a hermit crab

6/19/2011 2:32:53 PM

There is a big aquarium where I work that has, by my count, 7 aquatic hermit crabs in it (along with about 10 fish, corals, anemones, etc.)

I try to locate them when I walk by it, but those little guys are good at hiding. All the rocks and coral give them plenty of sheltered spots.

6/21/2011 10:20:39 AM

^ shit, mine must be exhibitionists then. They are always out in the open getting their eat on.

6/21/2011 10:24:43 AM

Quote :

"I would get him a solid gold Rolls Royce and filet mignon every night."

I had a betta fish that only ate table scraps who loved fliet mignon. I originally bought some dried bloodworms that were made specifically for bettas, but he wouldn't eat them. I used to drop bloodworms on him and try to hit him in the head like that game in taco bell where you get a prize for landing a quarter on the little pedestal, but inevitably they'd just sink to the bottom of the tank and sit there forever.

He didn't eat for close to three weeks after I got him and he looked like death. Then one night I got the idea to drop a sauteed shrimp on him. The shrimp floated past his head and he flipped out. He pinned it to the bottom of the tank and was just tearing it to pieces. From that point he just ate whatever I ate.

6/21/2011 12:30:39 PM

I just got some rocks at walmart and some sea salt and made some salt water. I could not find any sand maybe will try the pet store.

6/25/2011 11:28:50 PM

I just plugged my webcam in but don't know how to put it on TWW.

6/25/2011 11:44:17 PM

can we skype your hermit crab?

6/25/2011 11:47:48 PM

i like the name.

6/25/2011 11:50:41 PM

he is running laps around the new cage I wish I could figure out how to put a webcam on tww

6/25/2011 11:53:00 PM

one of these nerds has to know how to

how did that guy that put the webcam on the bird's nest do it?

6/25/2011 11:58:10 PM

I had one in my room streaming from a webpage in like 2003 but the website is gone that I used.

[Edited on June 26, 2011 at 12:07 AM. Reason : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/turbo-s-cage can anyone see anything?]

6/26/2011 12:02:08 AM