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pods

The Post Purchase Stress death cycle created by Mary Milhorn

A Change in Our Lexicon

2019-12-13
In: General
Tagged: acclimation, care, isolation, method, pods, post purchase death, post purchase stress, PPD, pps

Currently we use the blanket term PPS as a way of explaining why hermit crabs die so soon after purchase. PPS or Post Purchase Stress The use of the word stress has always bothered me as it implies a mental or emotional state of mind. Really the method is designed to reduce post purchase death due to physical stress on the hermit crab’s body due to lack of care prior to coming home with you. I also don’t like the term ‘destress’. Really it should be more like recuperate or recover. I would like to move away from using the term destress. It again impliesRead More →

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