I have a crab, Sabastion (Sab), who is too be for his shell, no matter how hard he trys to hide two or three of his walking legs are parially out, but he refuses to change shells. Any suggestions?
MystikStar One of my crabbies look like he really needs to change shells but he hasn’t yet…The shell he’s in is looks like its getting too small for him and yet he refuses to change into another one….He’s been in there for a while..I’ve got tons of shells for him and the others to change into…Is this normal? I’ve got all shapes and sizes of shells (all non-painted of course) and different openings….Owning crabbies isn’t as easy as I expected… Jill Ladybug15057 There are times this does happen. The crabber thinks the shell isn’t a proper fit, yet the hermie just refuses to change shells regardless of the selections provided. The most one can do is offer a large variety of shells, and if the hermie finds that perfect shell many times they will move when they feel they need to. There are times too that the hermie seems to be a bit stubborn about change, especially if it is an E hermie. Sometimes it does help if one boils the shells to get the scent off of them to encourage the h
