Where Hermit Crabs Come From

In this new exposé, delicate hermit crabs were taken from the wild to be sold as trinkets, dumped into crowded, barren pens, and even thrown in the trash while still alive. peta2.me/2x5ex
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[@chaiamarchesemarchese1787]

i had a hermit crab for 19 years and it is still alive

[@deyume8205]

How big is it now?

[@faith1234]

chaia marchese marchese holy moly what do you feed it?!?!

[@jellyfishguy8883]

Salty Kagura They don't grow too much 😊👍

[@paige3845]

omg

[@annabienkowski5072]

chaia marchese marchese SWEET JESUES

[@sabahnazary7403]

My sister had got us two hermit crabs with decorated shells, the first one had a spider man decorated shell and the next morning it came out of its shell and was laying there with a limb laying next to it. After watching this video I know have a understanding of what happened. This is very sad.

[@DNGH814]

awww poor babies :( how can people be so careless

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

:(

[@whatisthishandlegarbage]

how did u get to this video

[@richkendall4882]

Mrs.Eazy-E If my friend KK saw this, she would scream ANIMAL ABUSE!!!

[@drez3422]

I know wtf

[@everyone9500]

Fruit2Live Humanity is careless. in the future, the poor will get poorer, and the rich will get richer. soon everyone will be living in pain

[@Snakekiller-pc7fn]

Animals have feelings too

[@sophie-.-1608]

Then why is your name SnakeKiller???

[@jeffking4176]

As someone who was once locked up myself, ..... well, I currently have 6crabs, oldest is almost 4years old. I built a habitat out of a 70 +/-gal. Shell of a built-in kitchen cabinet. They can climb all walls, ceiling ,vines.... plenty of places to hide , they can dig...... I take care of mine. This video is very enlightening. Sad, but enlightening. Thanks.

[@gameertl3894]

#savehermitcrabs

[@Coolkid-od7on]

I thought that the crabs are born in captivity and given colored shells when young never knew it was this horrifying.

[@Eunike55812]

you can own a crab, just have the right living space for them.

[@haileymauro8915]

when I was little, me and my brother had 2 hermit crabs, one lived for 11 years and the other lived for 13 years

[@margueritarucker8108]

wtf omg!!! how did I get here this is horrible!

[@phydye]

My friend had hermit crabs and they lived for around 3 years- but they had really colorful shells, manufactured ones, and seeing what these people did to make them get those shells is heartbreaking.

[@Noname-eq3oo]

I have 3 hermit crabs. This made me cry.. I want to help SOOO desperately

[@psycho-delicpyromaniac9595]

Same

[@funtimefoxysvoice]

I have 4 and I do all I can to make them happy... i even got them a 50 gallon tank that takes up a lot of room just so they have room to run around

[@griffinjade1152]

This is like you are wearing sweat pants and any thing comfortable then people put you in sandpaper shirts

[@petercielitobinarao3159]

That should be banned

[@PETA2TV]

Help Hermit Crabs by following the action step in this feature. www.peta2.com/save-animals/petsmart-hermit-crabs/

[@kennethhunt248]

Peter Cielito Binarao I agree....but can get a couple first? Then I'm on side all the way. STUPID HUMANS ONLY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES!!! BASTARDS

[@AidanZaso]

Peter Cielito Binarao no I believe it should be allowed only to someone who is trained and is good at taking care of them

[@31craftersaj82]

Woah! I didn't even know!! One time my friend got a 5 hermit crabs from PetSmart, got them a HUGE tank, with water, sand, and everything they would have in the wild. One was killed by another one, but the rest lived for about 7 years.

[@sregister04]

the way he just sweeps it carelessly 💔

[@currys_cozy_corner9454]

Every time I but a hermit crab, I get two. My mother has taught me to never just get one pet. It will get lonely and might kill itself in seek of a better life

[@leahrichards3126]

This is sad and wrong humans can be so selfish and unaware sometimes:'(

[@PETA2TV]

It's SO wrong! Join peta2 for ways that you can help: www.peta2.com/register/. 💙

[@rac6348]

Maddy and Leah humans can be so SHELLFISH get it?

[@roll4758]

Sadly, its most likely not greed, its unfortunate people trying to feed their families in poorer countries. This is one of the few ways they can get money for food. Since hermit crabs arent breed in captivity, they are picked form in the wild. Hermit crabs in this video are purple pinchers. Those are native to the carabean, which is a somewhat poor country still developing. Hopefully, this comment will be read, so you arent unaware of the workers financial problems and what they have to do to get by.

[@alisonhickox6430]

I bought a hermit crab from petsmart and i noticed they were in 5 gallon cages and there was nowhere to dig and they didnt even get water they got tap water. My crab is fine now, and the reason i got her is to have a good social life for my other crab. They got into anfight over a shell, and the smaller one died. She is fine now, but it is just cruel how people treat them. I even called petsmart about that.

[@fluffytheshihtzu7382]

homie lizard petsmart tells its employees that they do not require saltwater. That is what I was told. I told them they do and got told I was wrong. They do not do their research on where they come from and the proper care.

[@Hiiiiiiiiiiii37]

They also offered me painted shells! I said, “no thanks, I’m not into animal abuse”

[@sleighann9]

homie lizard i got one from pet smart and it was dead and they didn’t even know it was dead. I went to another place to get one

[@Cavegeckosol]

When an issue is so bad it has me agreeing with PETA of all people, then you know it's bad.

[@budyee-haw6006]

I give my hermit crabs a good home with salt water, (I have 4) I always make sure they have a natural shell, give them varied choices of food, and have water 24/7 along with heat

[@harrisonflowers8731]

You say not to buy them from the cruel stores, but people who know how to care for them the correct way are actually saving them. I know a lot about hermit crabs, I did research for a week on how to properly care for one and I’m going to go save 3 of them tomorrow. Your encouraging people to let them die at those stores, when you could be saving them, heck even letting them go in the wild.

[@PETA2TV]

Thank you for caring about animals, but by buying animals from pet stores you are only continuing this cruel cycle: www.peta2.com/blog/pet-store-cruelty/.

[@kammothy542]

I bought a hermit crab from Petco his name is Dash he has a painted sale but I did not know that they did that in order to get them into the shells Two of his legs are missing and he was the smallest one in the cage crammed with about 20 other hermit crab I bought him because I suspected that he would grow which he did he still lives today but now that I’ve seen this I am so glad that I got him considering he was the smallest one and he could have easily died it in there with the other hermit crabs. He now lives in a 10-gallon tank with sand, 5-inch deep moist nutrient soil, a lava rock (which he loves to climb on) climbing sticks, a heating pad, salt and freshwater, and just for good measure hermit crab meal (powder that we home made full of nutrients and foods that are in a hermit crabs diet, 100% natural ingredients). We made a better life for him and even likes to crawl around on my hand and even on my dog’s back (she’s fine with it, and just sits there) I plan on getting him a little friend, as they’re very social animals. Please tell me if I’m doin for the right thing for him. I fully believe that I’ve made his life a much better experience.

[@mazielafferty1819]

It wouldn’t be a problem to have them as pets if there was proper care here

[@PETA2TV]

Hey there! These suppliers exist because there are customers. Please, NEVER buy a hermit crab! We have no business separating them from their families, and subjecting them to a life of loneliness and deprivation.

[@LissiKinz]

I work at petsmart and we changed venders because of animal abuse

[@theygowhootnnn5807]

Alissa Michaela vendors doesn't matter they're all the same for hermit crabs.

[@ncrveteranranger3502]

TheyGoWhootnnn actually not all some actually take great care in keeping hermit crabs safe

[@postersm7141]

Alissa Michaela bullshit I don’t care what they tell you. Petsmart is all about the mighty fucking dollar. They don’t give a fuck about the animals. I bought a goddamn rabbit and paid $2000 to get healthy. Fuck Petsmart fuck all of the pet stores. Adopt don’t buy from a fucking pet store. Run these shit hole animal abuser out of business

[@tsommers3284]

Thank you PETA for educating people (including myself) on the treatment of all animals around the world! We don't often times think about small animals such as hermit crabs when we think of animal cruelty.

[@CassidyAnimator]

If I could save all the hermit crabs I would. I absolutely would 😢😢😢🦀❤️

[@PETA2TV]

Thanks so much for your compassion for animals, Cassidy! Please help hermit crabs by asking PetSmart to stop selling them ASAP: www.peta2.com/save-animals/petsmart-hermit-crabs/. 💕

[@amandahightower7100]

When people buy them it helps save them from death its self they give them good homes forever each time someone buys a hermit crab it saves the life of that hermit crab or crabs

[@aspenforest9721]

I was just watching cat videos, man...

[@tidm]

I just bought one and it’s perfect in its OWN home it lives by its self and is happy :D

[@PETA2TV]

Hey William, please never buy a hermit crab in the future. Doing so supports the cruelty you see in this video, and hermit crabs belong in their homes in the wild. ♥ www.peta2.com/news/hermit-crab-care/

[@marcomellow27]

When I was younger I had a hermit crabs and we were really good to them a huge aquarium good humidity, substate the good sponges and the good natural shells. But one or the hermit crabs we had died of an illness he wouldn’t eat or drink. We asked a vet but the vets don’t know a lot about hermit crabs and they just told us to add more fresh foods like veggies and fruits. He died really soon. Then the other hermit crab I had got depressed and sad. I didn’t want to get another crab so I was a good owner and did the right thing (it was so hard but I knew I couldn’t give him the best life he could have) so I gave him up. I still miss him but he moved with at least 7 other crabs in a big tank so I knew he was happier.

[@Hiiiiiiiiiiii37]

THIS IS SO INHUMANE!!! #savethehermitcrabs

[@PETA2TV]

Thank you, Rochelle, for having compassion for hermit crabs. Please take action at this link: campaigns.peta2.com/petsmart-petco-hermit-crabs/#pledge

[@faysubypabon1032]

I bought 2 hermit crabs and got them fresh and salt water and eco earth dirt,a ten gallon tank,natural shells (they also already have natural shells,and more!

[@PETA2TV]

Please DON'T buy hermit crabs! They often come from suppliers like the one in this video. Hermit crabs belong in their homes in the wild.

[@lelxd6545]

I got my hermit crab from a well known and respected breeder, I looked around where he bread them and honestly it looked like a crab heaven, just don't buy hermit crabs from chains, not in general.

[@MrMookieWilson]

OMG this is so sad! my family always goes to OC maryland every summer, and on the board walk i see huge cages of hermit crabs crammed in. Theyre all in painted shells, but i had no idea that they forced them into the shells. I usually get one, and they come with those tiny critter carriers that i know are much to small, so i only use those for getting them home to a better cage. I have a friend who got one from the boardwalk too, and it was so injured it was almost dead. thankfully, she helped it and it lived for eight years. RIP CLOVER!

[@victoriablack422]

I wish I could save them all😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

[@CupcakeCultCupcakeCult]

Awww they're so cute

[@cloverl6359]

I bought a hermit crab in Florida because it was being do mistreated no water food ect. I was going to release it into the ocean and then as Soon as we buy it the lady says ONLY FRESH WATER. NO SALT WATER. so I had to take it home and get everything it needed super fast sand food shells and the day before leaving Florida we bought it a friend

[@renebest570]

They use saltwater to bathe their shells in, freshwater to drink.

[@kuhakuoreo6726]

What the fuck?? Painted shells don't even look that good

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

How can 55 people dislike this video?!?!?Heartless!!!

[@jadynclyde9655]

Oh my goodness! My poor babys have been through all this!😢... mine are in a 30 gallon long. Proper care...

[@thetaai8262]

THERE CRABS

[@honeybear1007]

THIS IS TERRIBLE! HOW COULD PEOPLE BE SO HEARTLESS????!

[@madisonmatthewcheek2450]

I have a hermit crab and I found him on the beach being eaten my birds, I showed him to my mom and said look! And she said I could keep him❤️ His name is peanut and he’s right beside me

[@PETA2TV]

Please, remember wild animals belong in the wild: www.peta2.com/blog/hermit-crab-care/.

[@thescunge.]

I had no idea they take them from the wild and crack their shells. I love crabs so much and this is so disturbing.

[@sansygenderswap_gaming8664]

poor things

[@sushislicer3742]

Ive had 3 of them for 5 years. I researched them and took care if them from when I was 12. Im 17 now and they are still with me. I live far inland. Do you suppose I get rid of them some how?

[@djprogramer973]

Wait so they cracked their original shells and then make them choose one of the painted shells...? Wouldn't it be more cost efficient to just paint the shells?

[@emmimangos9466]

When I was in 3rd grade we got 2 hermit crabs as class pets at the beginning of the school year. One lasted just 1 month and the other lasted 3 months. My teacher said that they were supposed to last the entire year but she was wrong. 😓😪

[@diemondoe]

Ok, now this is epic

[@legofanatic-vi2jr]

I can't believe what my hermit crab went through before I got him

[@ireallydontknow3804]

We got our hermit crab from a small shack in Maryland and my hermit crab has lived for 4 years

[@mamadeeskitchen577]

So sad

[@jzvarit0xD]

The worl we used to know is gone help us cough cough PETA and save abused animals.

[@koheacyes9016]

If I got a hermit crab, I would give it the best terrarium I could get.

[@PETA2TV]

Hermit crabs belong in the wild: www.peta2.com/news/hermit-crab-care/. 💙

[@Neon-cr7up]

hermit crabs are my favourite animals ;_;

[@Saintcrimes]

i thought they painted the shells that the crab had on to begin with? also when i had a hermit crab it shed its shell a lot looking for a bigger one and we would just buy more of the shells but larger and it would move to that one?

[@breej3694]

I adopted one and am taking great care of her

[@Linda-rq5nn]

omg that is so cruel

[@Remhad]

Poor babies! 😭❤️

[@escapedfromnewyork9641]

I have 4 crabs and this made me feel bad

[@detraisham8717]

Wow I thought I was a terrible hermit crab owner having just two crabs in a ten gallon tank. Although I thought it was okay to supply them with 3 shells each to the next size, good humidity and 6 in of moist dirt. But compared to these idiots who torture inicent hermit crabs for a small amount of money my crabs are spoiled. I DISPISE these stupid jerks! I wish they would come to their senses and think, getting a tiny amount of money for animal abuse is rediculous and cruel. When I first got my hermit crabs they were stuffed into tiny painted shells and one was almost dead. I'm am so glad I got to save that crab but the other thousands out there being ripped apart limb by limb need help. Thank you for sharing this video. Now we can spread awearnes to others.😖

[@chasescorner4099]

I have a hermit crab and it has lived four a year and still alive

[@erikanicoleanoya3478]

This is making me cry already

[@ichigoneko1869]

They're so cute... aww 😰😰😪 I had a hermit crab....he had a painted shell

[@Rita-gf2dg]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@SysterYster]

I didn't know this! Thank you for this video! I'll tell everyone I know about this! D': Poor little things!

[@lightzone8493]

I have a hermit crab of my own but I would never treat it like that

[@ShaheenSadiqa]

Dzn mttr. Stop the damn business. More buyers such as yourself no matter how lovelingly raise the crab creature only create more sellers. Carb is out of its zone. Watch out if we don't unintentionally endanger the species. Please. Stop buying.

[@courtcourt4124]

I had 3, crazy, lazy and Joe. lazy and crazy hated one another so I put one in another tank and the other with crazy. i got crazy from myrtle beach, s.c. and brought him all the way to illinois. i seriously loved that crab he live for a little over 3 years then passed away. i got the other two from some pet store in gurnee (which is closed now), they lived for a couple months and got sick...:( i now have an adult euro box turtle, a adult leopard gecko and a chihuahua :)) no more crabs for me! :(

[@solace9184]

NEVER, and I mean NEVER trust pet co, I would get an animal there to help it from that horrid place

[@totallyprofessional1470]

Same here

[@citybirds7408]

You are just giving the money to petco. They will buy more animals from breeders. It doesn’t exactly help.

[@thewendigo1009]

petco is luckily going to stop selling them.

[@funtimefoxysvoice]

Also never go to petsmart... they r just as bad....

[@starfruit6991]

I have a rat from petco

[@incivisi]

aww man... that's why my hermit crabs kept dying... tap water... if I had know that sooner, I would've gotten some different water! thanks! I'll make sure not to use tap water. Did you know that most of the paint put on those shells is toxic for hermit crabs? so sad...

[@amypaw69]

why say tap watet?

[@OatsTheOcelot]

Alexandra Peck I would buy a crab just to save it give sand and salt water giant tanks

[@Babalda99]

Give salt water and fresh water give them the option of both, as well as around 4 in of substrate, and variety of fresh fruit and vegetable , my crabs love peanut butter they should be happy with all these 😊

[@B0nesS0up]

My friend and her 2 sisters had 3 hermit. Crabs they all survived for 3 years

[@robertbrown6933]

You have a talent for making something sounds sooo much worse lol

[@landensfishing8482]

i dont fully support peta but this was useful thanks.

[@kyliebilliter272]

we found sick 3 sick ones on the beach, they are 3 yrs old now and doing much better now

[@dandutkows181]

holy shit I'm going to find that place and scream the peoples ears off for taking care of their hermit crabs that way I love crabs any type of crab I love

[@adeyumii6513]

ill buy all of them and go to the beach and give them the home they need

[@courtneyl8846]

I had two hermit crabs, I took care of them but I just couldn't take care of them anymore, I had too many pets so I sold them. One of them (sky) who was much smaller than my other one (Pablo) we had a big cage, it always felt wrong keeping them in there because they weren't happy. The small one stopped coming out of the little house thing petco recommended to us. We sold them to a family when we found out 3 days later the small one had died. I never knew why it was small and wouldn't eat, why it wouldn't come out, not even at night. Now I blame Petco because sky wasn't taken care of there.

[@hackeryah3143]

Now I feel bad for my hermit crabs

[@CraftyCreativeGirl]

I remember building little "crab inns" at the beach... For goodness sake; just go to the beach and play with them! In Maine, they don't really mind. They'll go into your hand and look at you like "what's up my dude"

[@chriskessler2345]

ii had a hermit crab for 7 years and it drank tap water just fine and no i didnt keep it in a little tank it had a 50 gal aguarium that it shared with 4 other crabs

[@Oblaidon]

The longest I have ever to keep one as a pet was for about 4 years. Never buy a painted shell hermit crab. I bought mine from PetSmart, but never a painted shell. Hermit crabs can pick at the shell and injest the toxic paint

[@selmaifeoma]

holy fucking lord. i’ve found a new phobia

[@deephommivong1168]

I didn't know,I have 4 hermit crabs,so glad I live near a beach.

[@ringsnroses7156]

I just wanted to say at st. Augustine their is a place called "Alvins island" and i saw this aswell. I had filmed it too, they had jam packed cages and small containers to give them in, the area smelled putrid. I was disgusted with how they kept the cages so dirty.... They gave them minimal food and gross water that was brown, the only crabs that didn't have painted shells were ones that were broken,chipped, or cracked around the sides (They were sold for free as pets) Other than that, they had no other substrate than than their own feces and some small shells. I don't know how to show the clips to peta SAVE THE CRABS 🦀

[@ruthernandez4119]

I'll buy all the hermit crabs and say secretly to slef "okay guys ur free now don't tell anyone

[@PETA2TV]

Thanks SO much for caring about animals, but the best thing you can do to help is to NEVER buy hermit crabs or any animals from pet stores. Because when you buy animals from pet stores you're supporting cruel mass animal-breeding mills. Over time, the less demand there is for animals in pet stores, the fewer will be bred or stolen to begin with. Learn all about this at www.peta2.com/news/can-you-save-animals-from-pet-stores/. ♥

[@blitzdannhoff3251]

I had a pet hermit crab and it lived for 2 years. I took really good care of it, and it had a huge tank with fresh food and water everyday

[@wilmersway2434]

I bought 20, and i immediately went to the closest beach to let them free

[@Sam.moncrieff]

I got hermits crabs in Australia from the shops they have their natural shell on I give them a big enclosure

[@berdhub849]

Wow this is actually really messed up.. I never owned a hermit crab before because i felt sorry for them because they are in a very small box but wow.. I didn't know it was like this and i did know the shell was plastic because of how it looks, if you are reading this comment I hope you feel the same way

[@shuichisaihara1803]

Now...i want to get a hermit crab

[@mattyspacebre6163]

I was going to soon but now that i saw this I want to save them 😭

[@girlviscus]

Im sitting here with my pet hermit crab right next to me, oh jolly.

[@poptartthedinosaur9347]

I found a hermit crab on the beach so I got my fish bucket and put sand and water in it then i put the crab in it now I have a pet crab named Hermint

[@themaskednewfie7745]

Omg like I all ways say how COULD THEY DO THIS

[@fireson8371]

Feel bad for them! Going to buy them and give a good home, my brother has two and they are well taken care of!

[@georgianarace-fox6997]

I didn't even know u could buy hermit crabs

[@malina5383]

awwwwhhhhh bless allll of them my heirrteeuuu😭😭😭😭😭

[@keicorsac]

I'm scared of hermit crabs and I still feel bad for them..

[@briansanchez6147]

I have one crab and I’m giving it the best life possible, got it from a beach board walk shop