New crabitat for Jiro

Moving house today...exhausted....after unpack all my stuff, I setup a new crabitat for Jiro. Thx to Leo..for the sponsor...Jiro appreciated alot.....Few months back, online purchased a packet of coconut fiber and I got it today...hooo ray........from the pic below ...the dark brown color is the coconut fiber...while next to it, is beach sand which is finer than the white sand that filled whole crabitat. Need to get another plate tomorrow for the salt water supply.

The first thing Jiro did when get into his new crabitat is looking for a nice shell...and this the shell that she chose.....

Thx LeO!!!

enjoying green..

Just found out that my hermit is a she....OMG..All this while, i though is a he..so named Jiro...so today i would like to rename her,..any suggestion for her new name??

*Having vege for my breakfast

finally,...

Here some photos captured recently, little hermit and coca-cola,...



For the reward, here is his new clothe...but no branded clothe for you ya....no burberry, no LV, no couch....


Not only new clothes, new crabitat setup with nice view...keke

crabbyday!!

It is crabbyday...still remember this little fella??my hermit collection..2 of my hermitz dead because failure in molting process. But this little fella growing bigger and bigger. Too bad, cant really find more shell for him to replace with the current one..

Will get him a new house as soon as possible....

Conversation*_*

little hermit :

u better get me a house...i prefer ....this type of shell house

jason :
you like "show off" (-_-')

little hermit :

so artistic

jason :

u'll look like porn star...kekeke....

little hermit :

then i want this

jason :
-_-"....wonder what type of hermit are u???look for burberry,LV,tommy,Gucci,nike shell!!!
little hermit :
u said i m a porn star, then i deserved all this...keke and please...i need a luxury crabitat like this..

jason :
OMG...!#$%%&^&%^#^%&%

Here a short video clip of him wondering in my room....

*some of the photo I grabbed from other sites..here the references:)

http://www.publicoart.com/site.php?page=shows&type=archive&itemId=32

back to normal life...

welcum back hermit.....back to his/her ( no idea is a male or female) normal life....away from the stressfull molting period...

*after molting- brand new hermit

*Exploring the tank after the long molting period

Molting process for my hermits...

One of my hermit crab gone through molting process. Hermit crabs, like snakes, shed their skin when they grow new and better skin. This process is called molting.

My hermit's shedded shell..

Normally molting happen naturally about every 18 mths for a hermit but for smaller hermits, they might molt more frequent. During the molting process, the hermit will regrow any limbs that they lost.

My hermit started to dig a tunnel into the sand so that it can have some privacy and protection from the other tankmates. At first, I thought that they just simply dig and play with the sand that my friend brought back for me from Terrenganu but I only noitced the molting when one of my hermit gone missing for few days......haha...found that hermit today...

How you know when your hermit going to molt soon??

You will know when your hermit crab is ready to molt when he starts to change his appearance. His eyes will look foggy and he won’t move around as much. His antennae will look funny, too, and won’t move much. He will also start to dig his tunnel, but he might also dig if his conditions aren’t the best, too, so be sure to check the temperature and humidity of the tank when he starts to tunnel before you assume that he is ready to molt.
One way to know for sure if your hermit crab is about to molt when he digs a tunnel is to first check the conditions of the tank. If the temperature and humidity are fine, then just smooth the bedding out over the tunnel, without collapsing the tunnel on him, and check in the morning to see if he came up to eat or get a drink. You’ll know because there will be a new hole in the bedding. If he has come up then he is probably not molting and is digging for another reason. If he hasn’t, then move him into his new temporary molting home.

Happy molting :)

Thank you, Tim ...

Thank ya...Tim....help me to get some beach sand for my hermit...Beach sand is a great bedding for Hermit crab. It provides great medium for Hermit to go through the molting process and hermit love it. It is very hard to get clean beach sand.

* The packet of sand

* Digging job in progress...

* New sandy setup for them...

notty Mika~~ -_- and cuttie Jiro

Still remember Mika???haha...she a naughty gal....taught Miko how to simply pee poo...now end up, i have to clean their cage everyday!! thanks,Mika for your best gift for this coming Christmas... No choice, have to cage them in the wired cage to make my life easy.

Now the only thing I hope is that Miko will not simple pee poo within this few days...:)

While for my little hermit, Jiro...here is the closed up photo....he really cute...no doubt...trust me ..

and this is his crabitat...I think should be big enough for him to move around. The drift wood is for him to climb and the bedding is small gravel mixed with crushed carol sand...Plan to get some beach sand for him but have to wait until I go to beach...haha

Jiro, the hermit

Yesterday, I've finished typing my update and while I clicked on the "Publish Post" button, suddenly my computer window's error appeared. WTF......caused me have to retype all the update again. End up, didnt update my blog. So as replacement, I retype again. Cham...

Oh ya...proudly introduce to you all, Jiro, the hermit...I got him( i think is a male) yesterday on the way back from my customer's place from bukit Jalil. Passed by PetFamily so decided to take alook there and saw some strawberry hermit crabs..look delicious...haha....I didnt get any hermit from there because I told myself, I cant take in any pets anymore.!!!Haha....at the end I successfully walked away from there without "HERMIT"....

But things changed, after the PetFamily's trip.. I went to Irene Aquarium which located near the SEAPARK 's market there....haha....cant resist to get the hermit there....all tiny and cute little hermit...So at the end, I still bring back 1 hermit crab and it is my latest additional pet into my family...There I bought a small aquarium which it will be Jiro's crabitat, some gravel and crush carol as bedding and turtle pellet and fish pellet.

* Jiro with pen

*strong fella