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  • the crab looked healthy, but don't care for painted shells.

    any ways how long have you had him?

    oh and how big is the tank?

    and last, but not least how many crabs do you have?

    ^_^

  • It's just like changing your pants! :D

  • I think I like them better in shells.

  • That is so cool got to each mine change shells 5 times in one day bc she didn't know what she wanted to do NOT UES PAINTED SHELLS PLEAS THANK YOU

  • that does not look like a healthy home!!!!!

  • the person releases a video of hermit crabs and people lose their minds. Sorry person who posted this.

  • @leviotten thank you :) yeah, i just made this video for fun, not expecting it to get so many views, i had no idea people felt so strongly about hermit crabs, sheeeeesh.

  • Oh my god. The butchering of one of the most beautiful pieces ever written; "Morning Mood" from the "Peer Gynt Suite" The clarinet is so far out of tune it sounds like a cheap plastic recorder and the 'musician' manages to be late on almost every note. Does the person on eupho understand that the name of his instrument translates to 'sweet-voiced'? I think not. Hopefully you're on flute it wasn't horrible.

  • @lawnsausages You're expected amateurs to play like experts? Beyond that, its probably him playing all 3 instruments then putting them together.

  • Don't give them painted shell love hermit crabs like their your mom or dad. thumbs up if you think so.

  • dont use painted shell the toxic paint can eventually kill your hermie

  • M HERMIT CRAB JUST SWITCHED HIS SHELL :D

  • Do people think there's like one kind of paint or something?

  • I have 2 hermit crabs they are very active now! my 3rd one died but how?

  • @SuperStagg1 Hey shut up u got a lot of nerve sayin that how bout i smash u with a hammer retard ugh

  • painted shells are bad...

  • fucking thing! smash it with a hammer

  • Painted shells this, painted shells that. How about you all shut up about the god damned painted shells and enjoy the damn video.

  • NO PAINTED SHELLS

  • btw erwin is a girl

  • never ever get panited shells since they like to find food alot them will eat the paint if the paint chips off and it could kill them...

  • its a gurl lol

  • i think ur supposed to keep the hermit crab and the shell clean though they get dirty its a good idea to clean them daily

  • @ShortLifeProductions Im not going to start an argument, but i believe strongly that they can clean themselves,

    and that they should, because my friends old hermit crabs, he started bathing them daily, and they were pretty unhappy, (wouldnt leave there shells, and if he grabbed them they'd pinch him) where when he stopped bathing them and just put fresh water in there for them to bathe themselves, they were much happier,

  • Why did you buy painted shells shouldent people know that they are bad :(

  • I was thinking about getting a hermit crab, but then I saw this which scared me shitless. Looks like I'll be getting a turtle.

  • @WillyWonkaTheSnail chances are you wont even see this happening :) because most hermit crabs are nocturnal, so they really only shift shells and do the real fast action at night,

    there also hypo-alergenic so theres no known diseases that are contracted from them,

  • Wow that was amazon good video thanks

  • Interesting video, thank you.

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  • you know even tho the the little hermit crab was meanly forsed into the little shell he is still a happy little guy

  • My hermit crabs keep dying =[ I feed, water, and mist them but they just keep dying.

  • @AwesomeM3000 Don't buy ones that have painted shells. The paint has toxic so if any part of their shell comes off and then eat it they die. also if they go into water, then the paint comes off and the water gets intoxicated. thats what i heard

  • It's the shells that the hermit crab was using and switching into

  • Thumbs down due to use of painted shell (harmful to hermit crabs)

  • @TheShadowcool , what ever do you mean? this is the very first time i'm hearing about these so called "painted shells" that you speak of!

  • @agnisflugen h crabs when they molt they eat there skin and somtimes mistake chipped paint as its skin and eats it which is toxic

  • @agnisflugen people paint the shells and force them into it and the paint chips and can be harmful to them

  • @agnisflugen Those shells are painted, it can actually kill them, because the paint eventually chips off and hermit crabs are scavengers, so if they see it, they'll eat it, so it would eat it and it would die, Im just saying you should try to buy more natural shells, or find them on the beach, all the shells (except the ones mine are in now because there brand new) that are inside of the tank are all non painted shells, ther all natural and freshly picked and steril

  • @agnisflugen if a shell has paint on them like those shells the very faint smell of paint is poisonous to tree crabs and shortens their life span by 75%

  • @agnisflugen i am not a flamer but, you need to switchs your shells go to the beach and get natural ones those ones are artificial made of paint and the paint will chop off and kill them

  • @agnisflugen well i think they are very pretty :) and they do make paint for hermit crab shells people im sure thats what its made of -.-"

  • @TheShadowcool ironic how u said thumbs down to painted shells and all this comment got was thumbs up =p

  • @TheShadowcool HEY dumass they makepaint that WONT..HURT ur hermit crabs .... next time look it up before yellin at people...bitch.

  • @TheShadowcool who gives a shit?

  • @SuperGrinder2 Someone who doesn't feel like supporting a corrupt industry that continues to exist only because consumers fail to educate themselves out of either sheer laziness or stupidity.

    That's like asking a Chinese man why he hates Sony, Microsoft, and the rest of our american industries.

    Maybe its because we abuse the fuck out of his people and by paying them 23 cents an hour.

  • @TheShadowcool I got a few before I knew the harm.... I still keep them in my tank only because one of mine like dress up with the colored ones

  • Thanks for the great video! I've never seen one actually change although our crabs often appear in a different shell. I would imagine that the crab is more concerned with the internal fit on the shell or maybe this one has flair as it picked a painted shell over the natural one beside it. Interesting.

  • thats one big ass clawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  • I have crabs

  • Uhh here's some tips

    Wood shavings can hurt hermit crabs. Use play sand. You can get it really cheap for a 50lb bag

    Don't use painted shells. Hermit crabs are known to eat parts of their shell and even though the paint says "non toxic" would YOU like to have paint on your food?

  • @CandyCaneCoral

    did you notice that there are a million comments talking about painted shells? wood shavings (certain types) are good for crabs, as they like to munch on it. and, would YOU like to be sassed on a video on a beautiful crab? its not like your putting your abdomen in a shell. (im not trying to be mean or anything, but i think that @agnisflugen gets it.)

  • @BeccaAdorkable I know. A few wood chips here and there are good. But the substrate NEEDS to be eiether Eco Earth or sand. Hermit crabs are beach animals and their natural environment is sand

  • @BeccaAdorkable thank you so much! i never realized how hostile and judgmental people can be each other until i was introduced to the hermit crab community....

  • ewww lol it looks so gross

  • i don't think you should use painted shells:the paint falls of and the hermit crab eats anything of course! the hermit gets sick and d...i....e.....s.... :'( O_o

  • Hes too fat to get into the car right away!!!!

  • i have 16 hermit crab in a fish tank and alot of other fish and shirmps and i have geckos and snakes and bearded dragon and turtles and so many more . but they dun seem to be eating or biting the hermit crab they seem okay ..

  • when i was a kid i tried to pull a hermit crab from its shell and it died :(

  • QUICK! CHANGE THEIR SHELLS, PAINTED SHELLS ARE ALWAYS- EVEN NON-TOXIC PAINT, IS TOXIC TO HERMIT CRABS!

    giving them cleaned, natural shells so that they have their full lifespan-

    20 to 35 years.

  • funny music lol

  • Your shells are like so cute. I cant paint mine cuz ill mess up :(

  • that music is terrifying

  • painted shells kill your hermit crabs

  • give him more water

  • stop over to my face book site and see my 12 species of hermit crabs in my photos.

    i also have lots of info and more to come about hermit crabs there Susan Staff's Coenobita Research of New Jersey

  • Looks like a little lobster, not a crab!XD

  • change the water it is growing alge

  • @aircats1202 no it's not. that's hiawatha moss. sometimes the crabs drag it into their water when they are drinking. i keep the water clean i assure you. but thanks for the concern :)

  • @agnisflugen just like how my crabs get water and sometimes use the bathroom in the water

  • for some reason the music made me crack up

  • Bad playingq:(

  • @jobow233 bad spellnq:(

  • i dont think he wipes

  • my hermie had a shell with the colors of the U.S flag and i put some small and big natural shells and i saw it change into one of the big ones i am sooooooooo proud ^_^

    p.s i have 3 crabs one that is alone and ill move it back and 2 in one hermie cage

  • @megastagbeetle I have 8 hermit crabs and my biggest one pinched me w/ both pinchers at the same time. my mom said i should name him " THE BOSS"

  • this song is horrible, but the video is cool.. mute ftw!

  • i use painted shells and my hermit crabs lived for a year and a half, maybe more I forgot since it was years ago.

  • @mshobohorse The tag at the pet store said hermit crabs can live up to 20 years.

  • people need to zip it about the painted shells. look at the date is was posted -2008!- do you think they figured that out in 2008? and it ovb. looks like he takes care of his hermit crabs! :) i have hermit crabs with painted shells. and some hemit crabs have non-toxic paint. :P im trying to get my to change into diffrent shells. by i got to let them do that on there own. :)

  • are they still alive?

  • Here's my theory... the pet is meant to entertain the owner, so if the owner chooses to have a more colorful crab shell, then it's up to him.

  • @noobhealz402 The pet is not meant to entertain the owner. The person of a pet is not for entertainment. the purpose it to take care of another living creature. And giving them a shell that can kill them is very irresponsible when you know it can kill them. I don't even understand why stores sell painted shells. Even it was for entertainment why would somebody be entertain my their hermit crab dying?

  • @TypicalUsername1 it's pain on a shell... i highly doubt it will instantly kill the crab -.-

  • @noobhealz402 I didnt say it will kill the crab instantly. The paint is usually toxic and will chip off into their water. When they drink the water they drink they drink the paint as well. That's just one way it will hurt them.

  • @TypicalUsername1 Nice username.

  • @Cetaceans4life Thank you.

  • hey i have a quick question. i didn't realize that painted shells were dangerous to hermit crabs til' now D: is there any way i could somehow get it to change shells? cos i don't want it to die:/

    x

  • i've never seen mine change shells he had once i remember the older one died then the next morning my other one took his shell i was happy cuz it was like he had a bit of the other hermet crab close to him, :P

  • mine are big and only cost 5 dollars

  • Ok, I love the aquarium, good substrate and good other stuff. I am a hermit crab enthusiast, so I can say: GET RID OF THE FREAKING SHELLS!!!!!!! (capitalized to show POINT!)

  • if u look at the comments he doesnt need to be told about painted shells he spamed about it enogh already

  • @mw24life0123 thank you!

    

  • @agnisflugen youre lucky to have gotten this on video. i wass walking out of the room where my hermit crabs where to get something, came back and missed my hermie change shells. lol

  • @agnisflugen mine switched and back last night

  • This is wonderful. Their booties scare me though. I hope you have a loving hermit crab family by now and that the younglings are going to school and making straight A's making their parents, and you, very happy and proud.

  • Wow my hermit crab Owen got bored on our back to Gergia from vacation and kept switching shells BUT NOT THAT FAST IMPRESSIVE!

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  • DONT USES PAINTED SHELLS ITS TOXIC TO YOUR HERMIT CRAB  IT COULD KILL YOUR HERMIT CRAB!!!!! PLEASE DONT USES PAINTED SHELLS THANKS IT COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF HERMIT CRABS!!!

  • @2r7jds yes, i know. i have already been told.

  • @2r7jds its really hard not to but i try to find some anyways

  • don't spaz out you freak. The pain is not toxic if chosen correctly, and if only painted on the outside and not on edges or inner parts.

    My rule, stay clear of any edges that open into the shell, if my kids can't eat it my hermit crab can't wear it :D. (be careful not to get flaking paint either.)

  • @2r7jds ~ there non toxic

  • @2r7jds no there not! millons of crabs use the they use paint that wont kill them stupied

  • thats cool :)

  • Shut up people this was made in 2008 don't you think they would have figured that out by now?

  • @hnrksl thank you thank you thank you!

  • @agnisflugen NP :D

  • @jbieberxoxo1 yes, i know that. this video was made over 2 years ago. i was a crab owner for less than a week when this was filmed. i have learned some things since then.

  • NO MORE PANTED SHELLS!!!!!

  • @FallFlavors wow. this is the first time i'm hearing about this..so you're saying painted shells are no good? wow. i had no idea....and the sarcasm should set in right...about....NOW.

  • "NO!!, MY BEAUTIFUL ASS" *gets in other shell* "you shall never see it... t(-.-t)"

  • i hope you know your hermit crab is going to die in a painted shell you artard

  • @tomanbryce5 i made this video a few days after i got the crab...the video is like over 2 years old now and i've since learned all the ins and out of owning a hermit crab but you can hold your head up high knowing you can criticize others for being so much better than everyone else...

  • 3 Things to say.

    1. I had to turn the music off it was irritating :D

    2. Painted shells are mean! They die from that.

    3. What kind is he cause i have two that are that kind but i dont know where theyre from. Carribean?

  • @TheRealPo i don't know what kind of crab he/she is, but i was told it's a "purple pincher". i'm aware of the painted shells. i get a comment/message/email about it every other day. this video is over a year old, made within the first week we brought the crab home, so i've learned alot since then and lastly, thanks for watching.

  • They also need to be in groups with one about the same size as they are very social and become more active.. good video.

  • i love it but the shells

  • painted shells kill hermitcrabs

  • @campod3 yeah, i've been told that a time or two.....

  • idid u buy some stuff in petco cuse i saw some stuff u have ther and i boughtmine hermit crab stuff there

  • "sweet, Im finally in here. shit I cant get up"

  • you shudnt have them in painted shells. they die faster and it took the crab a hard time to get in because that is a man made shell andit is so slick that it couldnt hold on to nothing. so get rid of those please

  • y are their butts shape like? that it looks like an ants

  • @MsThanhtran i think that the hermit crab's soft body molds to the shape of their protective shell, hince the rounded bulbous appearance....

  • y is their butt shape like that i never knew that till now!?

  • @MsThanhtran i think it's because it's able to curve in their shells

  • That tank looks small, is it atleast 10 gallons?

  • @JusticeVonBrandt now, it is a 5 gallon tank, i put him in there the day we brought him home becuz the hermitcrab association website said new crabs tend to burrow and molt when you 1st bring them home and that they should be seperated, which is what he did after he changed his shell he dug down deep and re emerged 3 weeks later with little fuzz all over him...

  • @agnisflugen So i hope you have him in a bigger tank now?

  • Use to have a male & female crab, the male ate the shit out of the other one and died the next day. Kinda sucked,

  • hey  you dont have to make a huge pagrph just for onr hermit crab chnging shells

  • @deebow what can i say...i tend to babble sometimes....i reckon there's worst qualites to have...

  • BOO PAINTED SHELLS!

  • its ugly

  • what's the name of this song and who's performing this version?

  • @chinacatthrak the name of this song is peer gynt suite no. 1, by grieg...i performed my own rendition by transposting and then recording myself playing the flute, euphonium and clarinet part cuz i'm nerdy like that...

  • aww , thats cool. Mine hasnt switch shells yet , his name is Paco and i want to get him family , and i eventually will. He never moves ( he is still alive though) but he does come out A LOT at night.

  • @MrFUSIONdbh Ok

  • plz get those painted shells out of that cage ASAP plz ur crab will die soon if u dont its importent to give them natural shells

  • He sliped alot, painted shells have all the grooves sanded down so there is nowhere for is little feet to grip. i hate painted shells

  • yeahhh

    Painted shells CAN in fact be bad but thats only if you're a complete moron and get them at flea markets n such. painted shells sold at places such as pet land wont kill your crab :3 NOW if you still have that shell from the carnival...I would take it out lol...carnival = cheap prizes. Kinda like when you win a gold fish it's actually a feeder fish and dies the next day @___@ darn those carnies or is it carneys? carnys? IDK enjoy the most mysterious creature out there :D

  • i was finally able to get that shell away from him as he liked changing shells alot..now my other hermit crab likes to take her shell off and go naked...i don't know what that's all about...

  • its a naturalist....crab

  • @agnisflugen Lol your other hermit crab's a slut! :)

  • @Leepi16 - My brother actually won six fish at the carnival and five of them lived for the next three months! The sixth one lived for another two years! Its possible. VERY POSSIBLE!

    They were all named Nemo too! XD

  • cool i never seen one out of it shell

  • the painted shells are used for them to impress each other they would change into coke can and bottels and its safe paint retards

    i have 30 hermit crabs i would no

  • i know what you mean, but it's just harder for them to change shells

  • ahh...one happy crab. :)

  • Painted shells were made for shelves, not crabs. :(

  • ur crab has 10 legs o_O

  • i like the vid! im getting another hermit crab named Toast! :D:D:D

  • Painted shells can kill them. Try using more natural ones, You don't want to know how people get the crabs in those shells :P

  • uuug i HATE those painted hermit crab shells! its soooooo sad!

  • Your hermit crab is cute!!! :) It's so cool to watch hermies change shells. I saw Sherbert do it in the middle of the night. Just one suggestion: the paint on painted shells can chip off after all the climbing on eachother hermies do and rubbing their shells against the glass and stuff. If the paint chips off, hermit crabs could eat it and get sick and even die. It may say non-toxic, but what's non-toxic for humans can be deadly to hermies. So take out all the painted shells in the tank please.

  • my hermit crab squirt(hes in a flag shell. he used to b in a turtle shell, squirt from finding nemo) is crawling up my arm now

  • my hermit crab is switching right know

  • awesome! i hope the little guy or girl makes it okay!

  • Is he still alive sorry but this was posted a year ago im not saying that he is dead but i wanna know

  • thats so cute your crab is cool i like him i got 14 crabs im a crab fan

  • i got my 3rd hermit crab almost free....

    we brought an empty shell for our 2 other hermies, and turns out there was a lil owner to that shell, too small for us to notice him inside. I was so surprised....

  • wow! that would be a cool surprise!

  • aw haha

  • @AliceC1127 o wow thats so cool i would never think that was possilble

  • nice video =)

    right after he plops into the new shell he is like "whew, what hard work! " :P

    i have a video of my crab switching shells, too. anyone want to watch it?

  • this was put on on my birthday :)