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  • Too Much Knowledge about Hermit Crabs

    Too much knowledge about hermit crabs. I’m now into what kind of sand and how this and that sand is bad and what sand may be good and you have to prewash sand? How in the world do you prewash sand and get it to dry? Did you know play sand has metal filings in…

  • Conversation with a Hermit Crab

    Conversation with a Hermit Crab

    Yes, in which I speak with one of the more gregarious of our hermit crabs. [flashvideo filename=https://idyllopuspress.com/movies/2010april26_conv.flv width=500 height=374 /]

  • IN WHICH WE ARE TOLD THAT WE DO INDEED HAVE EXCEPTIONAL ANTS, IN AS MUCH AS THEY ARE "MEDIOCRE"

    We’re scarce around here, aren’t we? H.o.p. couldn’t care less that Marty and I have come down with bad colds (I went for three months without one and believe me I’m at least grateful for that) and has just popped on Mozart’s Requiem. “Guess what I’m listening to?” he sings out. I’ve decided the music…

  • H.o.p.’s Ants Arrived

    H.o.p.’s Ants Arrived

    We sent off for H.o.p.’s ants from Uncle Milton Sept. 4th. The window for arrival had the latest date as Oct. 18th. Last week we received notice that they’d be mailing them out and they arrived today, first class mail, in an envelope marked “Temperature sensitive, Keep from Heat and Frost, Perishable, Handle with care”.…

  • AND SO IT GOES…OH, WAIT…

    AND SO IT GOES…OH, WAIT…

    Supposed optimum living conditions. And it didn’t even drop any legs, like some hermit crabs do when they get stressed and ill. Just half crawled out of its shell today and was lethargic and limp. So we put it in an isolation tank away from the other crabs and this evening it crawled completely out…

  • Pointless

    Pointless (in sepia) Pointless hermit crabs. Under cover of simulated night they come out to play and eat. Shhhh! You might scare them back in their shells. Site Search Tags: hermit+crabs

  • GIVE A NICE WELCOME TO JERRY AND SARAH

    We draped a towel over the hermitage last night to make sure Jerry had appropriate darkness (the room was lit) and this morning when I took off the covering the back climbing wall had fallen over. The crab was solidly tucked away in its shell but there was sand in its food dish so it…