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  • if your going to have your hermit crabs in the 'fancy shells' at least buy them in their natural shell and wait for them to change over to the painted shell.

  • Actually, they travel in colonies, not packs. ^_^ The more you know.

  • when i got one i picked it up and i pinched me and wouldn't come off and the pet store guys had to get him off of me also i have a spongebob shell lol

  • PAINTED SHELLS ARE TOXIC!!! Get your info straight before addressing the public!

  • "When your picking your crabs, ask the pet store people if they can get them out for you"

  • they tried to run away becuase they hate it there :P

  • nice hermit crabs :)

  • i want one!

  • Lolz a sad death?

  • Is this a episode of Pimp My Crab?

  • i only disliked to balance the earth!!!

  • why dose she even talk about these I mean come on hae you seen them on the board walk why do we do this just to make a quik buck guese so so stop buying crabs with painted shells or rescue one with a painted shell and let it change into a natural shell.

  • painted shells are bad for the crabs

  • i took some from the beach its been 2 years now... and ps how do you think the stores get em there inpossible to breed soo think about it

  • @ladylucks101 there not impossible to breed but tht is what i thought a year ago there are many videos on baby hermit crabs in there productive stage

  • @Ducko123456789 yep, but all of them die in less than a month sadly :(

  • i took crabs from a beach its been 7 months now and they are still alive

  • how many gallons is that ?

  • oh and the sand needs to be way more deeper (just remember this is not saying that i don't like your video, its just because i don't want hermit crabs to die)

  • oh yeah sorry i was saying that they can eat it and then get sick

  • well actually its not because we are purest's its just because the paint on the shell can chip off and then they can eat and get sick.

    (just saying)

  • Why don't you love him without the overdressed backpack on his back?

  • she dosent kow nothing

  • This person knows nothing they need extra shells a heater AND SHOULDENT PEOPLE KNOW BY NOW NOT TO GIVE THER HERMIT CRAB A PAINTED SHELL.

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  • That is not a sufficent home for hermit crabs! I'm suRe those crabs are dead now since that's basically a torture chamber for them in there painted shells.... Ug you look like a teacher Do some reasearch

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  • Keep on pressing 9 she is saying "cha cha cha cha cha"! lol

  • i hate expert village they dont know anything well do not gat painted shell the paint chips and the crabs eat the paint and get realy sick

  • keep pressing 6 xDDDDDDD

  • keep pressing 7

    

  • Your "fancy shells" are CRAB KILLERS. They are FORCED into those shells BY HAND. The paint is toxic and the crabs will eat them. Its okay to buy a painted crab as a rescue, but do not buy painted spare shells!!! If you don't believe me look into it!

  • lady: ok im gonna how to.............

    crab:*cocks a shotgun* Stay away bitch!

  • Yea

  • The only think they say right in that video is that hermit crabs are social animals. The tank setup she has does not meet the hermit crabs basic needs, not to mention that it is horribly overcrowded. Also, painted shells are unhealthy for crabs, and the methods used to get them into those shells is horribly cruel, so she shouldn't avocate painted shells.

  • Even though expert village are....... well I don't wanna be rude so I'll just say not experts but some things they say are true

  • keep pressing 6

  • @toontownlover8 and 2

    

  • First.... Are you in a school class? Second... Lol for pet store people :D fails all over this

  • Thumbs up if you laughed when the lady said " When you're picking your crabs"

  • Painted shells are unhealthy to Hermit Crabs because they restrict the 'breathe' abiltiyi of the shell, which is normally meant to regulate humidity within the shell. Painted shells, in addition to restricting humidity and potentially dehidrating hermit crabs, can be toxic to hermit crabs, and flakes of the paint that are eaten by the crabs can cause real problems. They may be pretty, but they aren't healthy.

  • PIggy Nose...lol

  • @AnimalsWithKelsey You are soo right!

  • okay thanks for the comment, sorry another question in addition to shrimp what else I can feed him? to have the nutrients you need! if you can answer me please thanks ...

    esta bien gracias por el comentario, disculpa otra pregunta ademas de camaron ¿que mas le puedo dar de comer? para que tenga los nutrientes que necesita!! si me puedes contestar porfavor gracias...

  • WTF

  • Purists... you mean if we have common sense and do research you never did.

  • @MrGreenday team plasma much.

  • @mooman55311 Dwebble used Shell Smash!

  • @Lemileant Super effective the wild tepig fainted

  • if you go to my channel i have a video on basic crab care. go to that and you will learn how to take care of a hermit care properly.

  • hi sorry can you tell me with what type of paint I put the shell to my hermit crab does not hurt, and sorry if misspelled just do not speak English and it uses a translator program thanks ...

    hola disculpa me podrias decir con que tipo de pintura le pongo a la caracola para que a mi cangrejo hermitaño no le haga daño, y disculpa si esta mal escrito solo que no hablo ingles y pues utilize un programa traductor gracias...

  • @stillsmallbell Please translate this. No paint. No paint no matter what type. Expert village is wrong. You have to have natural shells please. Dont let them die

  • 1:35 yeah just shake it around like that.

  • @terrariumtroy thats what she said ohhhh.....

  • @mooman55311 well played sir.

  • @terrariumtroy thank you >:3

  • @JavonDC

    yhey arnt ugly  btw idc about the shell i care about the crab

  • @JavonDC

    well we do but if its a very active healthy hermit buy it and give it availible natural shells then toss out and i would stomp on the painted shell after there is no hermit crab in it

  • wow my hermit crab is not active

  • @pinksparkleglamme i cant find coco bedding

  • @JavonDC Yeah thats opinonated. painted shells can hurt them but they should live about at least a year. my opinion is painted shells are u-g-l-y and normal are cool and exotic

  • @JavonDC sorry but if you care about the crabs (not just your enjoyment) you wont listen to expert village

  • WHAT!?!?!?!? Damm I took some hermit crabs from the beach. I'm screwed. JUst hope this lady is wrong.

  • to you know if i can have a hermit crab for about, 2 months then by a second? will they fight? will they still like me? will they have baby crabs?I just like to know. please let me know. thanks!

  • @CandyCaneCoral no they don't I bought a "fancy crab" and he just molted today.

  • lol she has crabs!

  • Kids wont like it when the Crabs die.

  • Don't get the "fancy crabs!" they get glued inside their shell O_O

  • If anyone has played fallout.. Goul. I'll say no more.

  • I got a crab from petsmart and he was in a natural shell already then I got another crab from petco she was in a painted shell but then I gave her a couple shells to choose from and she moved into a nice roomy natural shell :)

  • how to pick your crabs : make sure shes pretty and tight (: and tada ! the morning after you will have crabs !

  • DO NOT GET PAINTED SHELLS! they will eat the paint like if it chips off they can get sick and possibly DIE ! dun dun dun pleasee dont hurt your hermit crab!

  • painted shells are really bad for your hermit crab. Don't buy crabs with painted shells.

  • aww! she shock up the poor little hermit at about !;35!

  • Now were going to talk aboput how to pick your crabs hahahahha

  • nobody likes yo vids

  • I feel bad for them hermet crabs she is all pickign them up putting them down doing all these stuff to them :(

  • those r land crabs not ocean hermet crabs hahaha

  • SHE LOOKS LIKE THING ONE AND THING 2 FROM CAT IN THE HAT THUMBS UP IF U AGREE LOL

  • I lik the soccer shell! :)

  • @AnimalsRock2001 dont get painted shell

  • Jeez calm down. I have 3 "fancy" hermit crabs and they're perfectly fine. The paint doesn't kill them. It doesn't have any effect on them.

  • @jerang2 noob. it kills them after a while

  • oh my god im still a KID not even THIRTEEN and you call yourself and expert when i know that painted shells can and porbably will KILL a hermit crab! Painted shells might kill the hermit crabs if the paint chips off and they eat it. it can ALSO soak through the shell and glue the crab to the shell, So when they try and molt and try to go find another shell it will kill them! D:

  • don't get them for little kids dumb dumb

  • do the fancy crabs like fancy sauce?

  • Im a 10 YEAR OLD and i know that painted shells harn hermit crabs, and you, an adult, call yourself an expert on hermit crabs. please remove these videos they will make millions of hermit crabs die.

  • I have hermit crabs and this help me pick good crabs so thank u

  • @MultiLadiesman227 no its not sorry but your crabs going to die pm me for questions please these guys are really wrong crab abuse

  • "Fancy Shells" are DEADLY to hermit crabs! HOW DARE YOU CALL YOURSELF AN EXPERT! :(

  • You DARE call yourself an expert?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PAINTED SHELLS ARE CRAB KILLERS! Get those things in regular shells NOW!

  • You DARE call yourself an expert?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PAINTED SHELLS ARE CRAB KILLERS! Get those things in regular shells NOW!

  • ok really she needs to do research! the kids like painted shells? well the kids don't know that the crabs can't breath in those things!

  • flaged!

  • euh when she said "don't pick them up from the beach there not adapted" if you would pick 1 from the beach it would live longer then your painted hermitcrab and all hermit crabs are caught in the wild <_<

  • i think she has down syndrome.

    look at her face. its almost like it was smashed with a shovel.

    Daaaamn

  • If you need help about hermit crabs, you are always welcome to inbox me! I have been an owner for over a year and my hermit crabs are all spoiled and full in color because I actually know how to take care of them.

  • i think she is actually a hermit crab

  • @toonlink916 no she would be right if she was

  • wrong they get as big as your head look it up im not lying

  • I think i just saw michael jackson...

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  • This lady is just..... DUMB that's all I have to say

  • Ummmm........I just wanted to know how long can a hermint crab live without another one living with it its been about a 3 days

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  • @cheyannestk not very. they need buddys,and dont listen to expert village they fail

  • look, she is just refering the information she was taught from the pet shops, the pet shops are given miss information from the inporters.. Its sad. She is actually relaying the exact info that the pet stores have in the panthlets. Instead of slaming a person its better to educate.. Try checking out great sights like the Hermit crab association or the hermit crab patch or if on face book Susan Staff's Coenobita Research of New Jersey

  • Nic vid

  • I have 3 hermit crabs and they are doing good, maybe because I watched that video how to care for them and such. I like expertvillage videos.

  • @saddel2 ok how long do you have them? is it painted? whats your humitety?

    if you fail the last test you cant care for these pets

  • Please don't buy the ones with the painted shells. It's really unhealthy for the crabs. D:

  • hermit crab:ha! im escaping!

    debby: im putting you in this toucher chamber of painted shells!

    hermit crab:do you know anything about me???

    debby:hahaha!!!

    hermit crab:nooo!!!!!

  • buy hermit crabs with painted shells and buy natural shells and throw out the painted ones or boil the painted ones

  • When I look for one, I'll look for one which hasn't been painted on! Please!

  • Perhaps Expert Village should change their name to Amateur Village?

  • @katato2013 expert noob/ noob village

  • @seeeyouinhelll2mf if u don,t like the video,s do anything but complain

  • Painted shells are toxic. Don't you research these things? those shells will kill them, paint contains many harmful chemicals that they breathe in everyday. Also hermit crabs are next to impossible to breed in captivity. They all come straight off the ocean. Thats something that you as an "expert" should really know

  • @DarkestStar3552 I understand what you mean, but to be fair I think the lady meant that we shouldn't go around picking up random hermit crabs and taking them home because it would be a big shock to their system.

  • wow...im not an expert on hermit crab care, and i even know more than this D:<

  • this women needs a different hobbie. expert village is wrong. hermit crabs need more space to move around. they can't all be cramped into a small place. she has like six hermies in there with no room! >:(

  • The information about hermit crabs on expert village is mostly wrong. If you have any question about hermit crabs (purple pincher), please write me a message or comment on my page. I will be happy to help :)

  • @HermitCrabCare1 hi i have 2 purple pichers how large do they grow ???

    plz answer thnk you!

  • Deppie, if you were the expert of hermit crabs then you would know NOT to have them in painted shells, and a bigger tank. Would you like to be living in a tiny little tank with 2 other hermits? The tank also looks like it doesn't have a heat source. You are the oppisite of an expert, Debbie. Please stop making videos "teaching" people the right way to have hermits. The right way is the oppisite way your taking care of them.

  • buy another hermit crab and burry ur hermit crab duhhhhh

  • i had two hermit crabs but one died what shoud i do!!!!

  • i think hermit crab painted shells is bad becuase i was giving my crab a bath and paint was gone, i looked in the cage and saw paint the same color as my crab. by the way

    small= 4-6yrs old

    medium=7-9yrs old

    large=10 and up

    duhhh don't you know that anyway i mean a kid would know that.

  • my hermit crabs paint is chipping off,

  • robinrb2, u dont have to be soo mean! !!!!!!! everyone! i bet she looks cuter than you so dont even talk!!!!!! fuck you all!

  • your crab looks better than you!

  • Man you need a Plastig Surgery you look like these Hiroshima survivors

  • @seeeyouinhelll2mf

    "it could lead to thousands of hermit crabs"

    THOUSANDS OF HERMIT CRABS!

    WERE DOOMED!

  • @crabhuman Lol

  • um how do we now if its a girl or boy

  • I have heard the painted shells are bad , but the pet store i go to they do not have as much hermit crabs that do not have painted shells and painted shells could die 2 to 3 mounths

  • @j0jo22 It depends really, what are you feeding it? Make sure it's not seasoned. No Salt and pepper, also put 2 things of water in the cage. One distilled water or equivalent(not tap) and one seawater(you can be aquarium salt and mix as instructed not with tap water though). Give them enough water they can get in it and dip their shells and still be able to climb back out. They drink one and bathe in the other. Also make sure you high humidity. Like around 80% or so.

  • Just thought I would throw some inside. The paint comments are right. They will eat chips and get sick/die. Also, if the crab is TOO brave it could be a sign that it's dying. You want them active, but also to act like a normal crab and be a little scared and back into it's shell. When they are really sick or dying they will sometimes refuse to retreat into safety. Also check for specs on them. If they have mites (google it) move on to a new store as the whole tank is infested.

  • I like to paint the whole crab by dipping it in a can of oil based paint. After several coats they are a nice, uniform color.

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  • @groreo I never said there was anything bad about having one, I love 'em and have three. I was saying that the person in this video is definitely NOT an expert. Sorry for the misunderstanding :)

  • This lady has Crabs.

    Haa.....I love Hermit Crabs, And Fiddler Crabs.

  • "and kids like that"

    no wonder u like it. u think like a kid.

  • how wud like it if i paint u a pig? oh wait u already are. piece of shit! 

  • They say you don't want to take wild hermit crabs as pets, when really it's actually way less stress than from pet stores, as pet store hermit crabs are wild caught too, and they have to go through shipping, etc etc, so if they're taken straight from the wild they are more likely to live. Especially if you do practically the opposite of what's told in this video. I'm 13 and I know that. Idiots.

  • @fleabuskitty i am soon get a ham-it crab so shut it nothing bad about having 1

  • shows how much you know paintded shells KILL!!! THEM MORON

  • This girl knows nothing about hermit crabs. DON'T USE PAINTED SHELLS!!! That is the most common and stressed rule in hermit crab care. DERP -_-

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  • you personally like the WRONG ONES!

  • Oh is that a new way how to be in? just paint your pets? 

  • Hermit crabs tend to take off pieces of their shells to make it more comfortable for themselves, and because of the calcium content, they eat the bits of shell they pick off. If the shell is painted, it will hurt the crab. I've owned hermit crabs for years and I've observed that if I get a crab in a painted shell and put natural shells in the habitat, they will almost immediately change shells.

  • im thinking about getting some crabs will they fight if i have all males

  • @TheDswinson No, they should be fine. It's hard to tell whether a hermit crab is male or female, except if it has a large amount of hairs on its back and legs (to hold eggs in place after mating).

  • @quetzalpretzel not true males have hair on their larger claw once they're about the size of a golfball

  • @TheDswinson probably, but they usually dont harm eachother, they just switch shells :P Rarely their limbs will break or fall off, but that will grow back, so dont worry.

  • @TreeHandThing it is ok, I just made it thier responsibility by flagging all of their videos for animal abuse, they do show examples of thier false teachings.

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  • who the fuck cares about the kids, think about the health of the crabs!

  • f5 to skip adds

  • @NICKYCHAN26 they lay eggs

  • my hermit crab pinched me once D:

  • i get REAL fancy shells like ones that are liike spiky and natural not painted and yuck and i have two hermit crabs named gabriel and sebastian and they are really getting along and it is more fun to have two than one because they will play together and share food and if they dont have other hermit crab friends they may not be social with you and your family

  • @FFXobsessed Oh come on, she cant be that idiotic? LOL (: maybe she used the not-toxic paint. you know, the one for kids. HAHAH and yes, she does look like a troll :D!

  • @FFXobsessed so having natural shells would be a better option??

  • they do not travel in packs they travel down toylets after people like you hand out false info check out my videos on some true pets

  • Aw, I took some home from my vacation to Florida. :(

  • monster high dolls are way better!

  • @FFXobsessed Has there ever been any recorded deaths of hermit crabs that died from a painted shell?

  • @parakeetman22 not really.... painted shells are usually never bad for them... and if your providing them new food and water each day... a painted shell wont hurt them

  • @ownyou23 I'm sorry, but please don't answer when you don't know what your really saying. Painted shells, are bad. Period. Whether you notice or not, painted shells will chip and hermit crabs could eat it. That would not be good. So why take the risk when non-painted hermit crabs are just as nice?

  • @ROckDEcoy i know exactly what im saying ive owned these pets for several years... 1 death occured due to post purchase depression... the paint doesnt ever hurt them... its the lamination put onthe shells that kills.... so get ur shit right and if your smart and change your food and keep fresh food in they wont eat it... they eat when there hungry not when u put food beside them they eat at night as well.... if you use not toxic paint that has no coating... it wont hurt them ... beleive me.

  • @parakeetman22 yes, I'm sorry for the confusion, but painted sheels are not a good idea. The may look nice, but the could be toxic, so please don't take the risk. It may or may not be the cause of death for your hermit crab, but don't have it to stress about. :)

  • wait? did i just heard her saying she had crabs for many years? lol?