Post by tigermoon89 on Dec 27, 2010 21:08:51 GMT -5
I stopped in at Corbin's Exotic Pet World to see if they had any hermit crabs.
I was completely astonished! Not only is it under new management, but the animals conditions and I mean pretty much ALL of the animals there had wonderful setups!!! More space than any other pet store would ever give and the guy I spoke with said he considered them to be too small! He said their other location is much bigger!
They had hermit crabs in a zoomed cage set up maybe 12-15gal! Plenty of deep substrate, plenty of hides/ climbs, fresh and salt water, humidity, heat, everything! (they were just missing spare shells).
The employee I spoke with was interested in everything I had to say. I just mentioned in passing that I'm a member of the HCA and he was glad to know that I could ID the crabs on sight just by looking at them. They had Es and PPs. He was asking me about shell fights and how to eliminate them. He also asked if we had care sheets and said he wanted to check to make sure he's doing everything right! He said it!!! I didn't have to suggest it!!!
This store is awesome and has great pricing and reptile items! I'm so impressed. It's literally the best pet store I've ever seen.
Needless to say, I bought 3 Es. They are the healthiest I've ever had. 2 have just recently molted and have needle sharp pointy toes! They were very active and didn't even withdraw into their shells for their bath before going into the tank! I've never had any of my crabs from pet stores be that healthy and active! I'm just so surprised and thrilled!
I'll post pics asap. The E's have really unique coloring. Their second leg on all of them is tan. While their coloring varies everywhere else! It's so cool!
I was completely astonished! Not only is it under new management, but the animals conditions and I mean pretty much ALL of the animals there had wonderful setups!!! More space than any other pet store would ever give and the guy I spoke with said he considered them to be too small! He said their other location is much bigger!
They had hermit crabs in a zoomed cage set up maybe 12-15gal! Plenty of deep substrate, plenty of hides/ climbs, fresh and salt water, humidity, heat, everything! (they were just missing spare shells).
The employee I spoke with was interested in everything I had to say. I just mentioned in passing that I'm a member of the HCA and he was glad to know that I could ID the crabs on sight just by looking at them. They had Es and PPs. He was asking me about shell fights and how to eliminate them. He also asked if we had care sheets and said he wanted to check to make sure he's doing everything right! He said it!!! I didn't have to suggest it!!!
This store is awesome and has great pricing and reptile items! I'm so impressed. It's literally the best pet store I've ever seen.
Needless to say, I bought 3 Es. They are the healthiest I've ever had. 2 have just recently molted and have needle sharp pointy toes! They were very active and didn't even withdraw into their shells for their bath before going into the tank! I've never had any of my crabs from pet stores be that healthy and active! I'm just so surprised and thrilled!
I'll post pics asap. The E's have really unique coloring. Their second leg on all of them is tan. While their coloring varies everywhere else! It's so cool!