Local Representative Indonesia

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There are no words to express how THRILLED I am to see that our mission of education is spreading. Sometime last year I was invited to join an Indonesian hermit crab group on Facebook. I selfishly wanted to not only see the photos of the gorgeous hermit crabs that are native but I wanted to see how they are kept as pets. Despite our language barrier our two groups quickly became friendly and intermingled. The members of the Kelomang Lovers Indonesia group were warm and welcoming and most of all quite curious about how we care for hermit crabs in North America.  We happily sharedRead More →

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Watch us grow!! Mike and Melissa are joining us from Florida. They plan business and family trips around hermit crab adoptions they find on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace (among others). Their largest rescue was 33 crabs from Naples who were all in painted shells. Recently the last to change is now in a natural shell! They not only rescue hermit crabs, but also work hands on helping others set up proper crabitats. One was for a Kindergarten class that they set up with the perfect crabitat and some hermit crabs for the children to enjoy. Michael works with the Reddit community to promote proper landRead More →

Join us at the Amazing Pet Expo in St Louis!

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That’s right kids we’re going to the Pet Expo again this year!! Thanks to a very generous donation from an amazing couple the expo is fully paid for!! I am so excited! I hope some of you nearby have a chance to come see us. Should be in early November. From the bottom of our crabby little hearts we thank you for your donations and for being part of our community!Read More →

flooded substrate

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A couple years ago when we created our Facebook group to go along with our website I was shocked to find so many people with flooding issues and bacterial blooms in their crabitats. The response to this was a false bottoms.  In 14 years of crab keeping I’ve never encountered this, so it’s on my mind all the time…where is all the water coming from? I think I may be on the path to the root cause – overly wet substrate at the beginning. When you take sandcastle wet sand, add wet ecoearth, add bubbler pools and heat and it’s no wonder the humidity inRead More →

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The Land Hermit Crab Owners Society is thrilled to announce the addition of FOUR new Local Representatives! Mary is joining us from Tennessee. Her super power is search. If the answer is out there, she will find it. She is a Facebook moderator for our group. Pam is joining us from Pennsylvania. She is part of the Hermit Emergency Response Team and contributes content to CSJ. She moderates our Google+ community Amber is joining us from Western Canada. She is a our food guru and also contributes content to CSJ and the Coenobita Species site. Anne is joining us from North Carolina. She is partRead More →

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The Land Hermit Crab Owners Society is happy to announce our very first Junior Local Representative Max! The Junior Local Rep program is a mentoring program for hermit crab owners between the ages of 13 and 18 who fully understand the importance of proper care and embrace the LHCOS/CSJ mission. We have a very high level of expectation for this program and Max has worked hard to earn his new title. Max is very active on Instagram and Youtube, devoting his time to helping other hermit crab owners provide better care. Max is the king of hermit crab DIY and you can see his work overRead More →

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Welcome to the Land Hermit Crab Owners Society hermit crab adoption program! We are hoping this process will be a little more efficient for everyone.   Our adoption program is open worldwide and we don’t exclude anyone simply for not being part of our Facebook group or a member of The Crabstreet Journal.   Placing hermit crabs for adoption: Fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/LstZ4tDDFWDpKcTk2 We will do our best to find an adopter close to you but there is no guarantee.  Please note most adopters expect the adoption to be free. To become a forever home adopter, a temporary foster home or a transport assistantRead More →

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Overall the expo was a huge success! Both days brought a steady flow of people past our booth. We were located right next to the only concessions. Because of this I wanted to take advantage of people lingering so I set up a monitor with a playlist from Youtube on a loop.  I also hung the facts and myths on the back drape so people would be able to read them while waiting in line. The first day I encourage people to pick up our activity sheets and some did. The second day I handed them out and ended up giving away ALL of them!Read More →

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Product Name: Spirals in Time Product Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publisher Where it was purchased: Amazon When it was purchased: 7/29/2016 Price: $13.00 Do you feel this product is a good value for the price: Yes Would you recommend this time: Yes Why or Why Not: This book is so well written that you do not have to be an expert to understand some of the most fascinating things about seashells beyond sea creatures using them. Helen Scales writes so the average reader can understand and you want to read more and more after each chapter. She covers so many interesting topics of the seashell. I found it veryRead More →