Coenobita Curiosities

07/23/2024

Hermit crabs are great climbers and love to do so! This is our latest crabitat we call the "Crabpire State Building"! All items inside the tank were created by us using crab safe items as per the LHCOS (Land Hermit Crab Owners Society) guidelines!

06/28/2024

There is still time to pick up your virtual tickets for Crab Con! July 12-14. Learn about hermit crabs, meet crabby people, receive discounts from all our approved vendors. All from your living room! More info about Crab Con in our linktree!

06/24/2024

Another Crab Con Golden Ticket Giveaway prize reveal. Krusty loves our coconut rope bridges, as do every other crab! Hang them horizontal or vertical to make additional climbing areas inside your crabitat!

Additional chances for the Coenobita Curiosities Golden Ticket giveaway will be given away at this weeks prize giveaway leading up to Crab Con!

We are also giving away chances with each order through the end of June! Simple add the message, "GOLDEN TICKET CHANCE" to your order!

06/19/2024

Krusty decided to share another item of the Coenobita Curiosities Crab Con Golden Ticket giveaway! We premiered our Coconut Round Bridges in limited supply at last years Crab Con! Our crabs absolutely love hanging out on these! There are no plastic or glue used in these. You will need zip ties to attach them, also included!

Be sure to check all our Golden Ticket rules and disclaimers, and how to get additional chances to get more tickets!

06/08/2024

Krusty wanted to share another item/s that is part of the Coenobita Curiosities Golden Ticket giveaway!
Two coconut wrapped tension rods! These have been a fan/crab favorite since we introduced them in 2020 at Crab Con! It was also year we became an approved seller and were part of the very first virtual Crab Con!

So far the Golden Ticket Giveaway contains the following items!

2 coconut wrapped tension rods
4 of our hermit crab greeting cards
? A bunch of different stickers!

Be sure to read our rules in another post, and how to enter if you are not a Crab Con VIP

05/26/2024

CRAB CON 2024 GOLDEN TICKET RULES

The Coenobita Curiosities Golden Ticket is open
to ALL persons attending Crab Con 2024. The Golden
Ticket is a raffle where a winning number will be drawn
at random from all tickets entered. The more tickets you
have, the better your chances of winning. By participating
in the Coenobita Curiosities Golden Ticket Raffle you
are agreeing to all of the terms and rules stated below.

1. Each VIP will recieve 1 raffle ticket enclosed with
their VIP Swag.
2. Additional chances will be given away in the weekly
prize giveaway leading up to Crab Con 2024. These
drawings will be open to all Crab Con attendees. VIP
and Standard Ticket Holders. Chances will be mailed out
when we receive winners mailing address. See Rule #7
3. If you place an order at Coenobita Curiosities starting
now until June 30th 2024, you can request a Golden Ticket
chance by sending us a note while placing your order.
In the note simply write, "GOLDEN TICKET CHANCE".
Only one chance per order!
4. The Golden Ticket drawing will be held
Saturday July, 13th 2024 12pm (noon) Eastern Standard Time
5. We will attempt to do the drawing live, if our technical
abilities allow. We will post the winning number several places,
our Crab Con Virtual Shop, Crab Con Official Facebook,
Coenobita Curiosities Facebook and Instagram pages.
6. The person with the winning number will have 15 minutes to
come forward as the winner. Once the winner has come forward
we must validate the winning ticket. Message us through the
Hop In messenger, Facebook, or Instagram. We will request a
picture of the winning ticket as verification. If no winner comes
forward within the 15 minutes, that number will be disqualified
and another number will be drawn. If a potential winner comes
forward and is deemed as an invalid ticket this process will
continue until a winner has been verified.
7. Coenobita Curiosities will not be held responsible for late, lost,
stolen tickets due to postal delays, natural disasters, alien
invasions, Godzilla, a Zombie Apocalypse, or other events out of
our control.
8. Prizes are subject to change, or may appear different than
pictured. We reserve the right to change or substitute prizes.
Prize package will be shipped out shortly after Crab Con, with
our other orders. Rule # 7 also applies to the GOLDEN TICKET
prize.
9. Since we are human we will do our best to keep everything fun
and fair. This is our first attempt at a raffle like this so there
may be some unforseen circumstances that arise. We ask that
everyone is patient and respectful. I really dislike having to put
this part in, We reserve the right to cancel this contest if people
become toxic in any way, to Us, Crab Con, or any persons
partaking in the GOLDEN TICKET RAFFLE.
10. Most important Have Fun and Good Luck!

Coenobita Curiosities
Dan, Samantha and Krusty
May 25, 2024

05/25/2024

Krustys believes everyone loves teasers and stickers! These stickers will be included in the Golden Ticket Prize Pack! Krusty is also throwing in 4 of our greeting cards! The cards are portraits of two of our hermit crabs that were drawn by our daughter. A Strawberry and an E.

We will be posting the rules and disclaimers for our Golden Ticket Prize Giveaway soon. We like to keep things fun and fair so unfortunately we need rules

05/13/2024

Krusty is getting ready for Crab Con 2024! He had so much fun doing the original Golden Ticket in 2020 he wanted to do it again, but with a twist! More info coming soon!

For more info about Crab Con visit Crab Con.org for more info and tickets!

05/03/2024

Our greeting cards are now available for purchase!

https://coenobitacuriosities.etsy.com/listing/1724404001

04/30/2024

COMING SOON to Coenobita Curiosities!
GREETING CARDS!
We are excited to offer cards drawn by
Each card measures 7" across by 5" Tall! They are left blank for your own personalization.
Be sure to follow us on Etsy for more hermit crab related items!

04/20/2024

Thank you Birdie We commissioned this awesome hand drawn portrait of one of our Strawberries hermit crabs. The detail is unreal! Would anyone like to see any type of merch from this for Crab Con? Maybe prints or stickers?

07/10/2023

This is the fifth Crab Con we have attended, 4th as LHCOS approved sellers! It was also our first in-person as vendors! It was great to see friends we made in Lockport back in 2019. It was also great meeting new friends and customers!
It's amazing what an impact LHCOS, Hermit House, Crab Con, and everyone else are making in the hermit crab industry!

05/18/2023

Kristy and the rest of us at Coenobita Curiosities have been super busy the last few months! We moved about 60 miles! The move included moving 31 crabs in 6 tanks! We had to dig up approximately half that were buried. Only one is still in isolation since the move.

We're still getting our house, crabs, and shop set up. We are still working on everything for Crab Con 2023 in person in Blacksburg, VA on July 7-9!

Until the shop is back up and running here's a sneak peek of our Crab Con 2023 VIP Swag!

10/16/2022

We still have a few Crab-O-Ween bundles available for purchase in our shop! Link to shop in our profile.

Each Crab-O-Ween Bundle comes with the following:
1 Count Crabula Acrylic Pin
1 Crab-O-Ween Curiosity Cube
1 Crab-O-Ween Gauge Holder
1 bag of Pumpkin Popcorn
4 feet of "Keep Out" Caution Tape
A few more small treats as well!

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09/07/2022

It's that time of the year when things go bump in the night! Not just hermits against the glass! Coenobita Curiosities and Krusty are proud to introduce our Crab-O-Ween holiday bundle!
Add a bit of festive cheer to your crabitat with an Orange and Black gauge holder, Curiosity Cube along with organic pumpkin popcorn, Exclusive Count Crabula pin, and 4' of "Keep Out" caution tape for decorating the outside of your crabitat!
This bundle is limited to 7 so act fast before they disappear!
Link to our shop is in our bio!

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08/20/2022

Krusty just completed a custom order for a 31" custom length jute climbing ladder! The ladder is 7 strands and each strand is 12 feet long! That's over 80 feet of jute for one ladder!

05/25/2022

With great sadness we are mourning the loss of a dear friend and fellow crabber. Ginnie owner and operator of Hobo Hermie unexpectedly passed away earlier this week. She absolutely adores Krusty and his crazy antics. I thought she would love to see our take on Hobo Hermie! Peaceful slumber shining star!

01/23/2022

Krusty stopped in for a snack and kick back after getting all the orders ready to ship on Saturday! Bamse's PB&J bar is our areas newest 100% vegan restaurant/coffee shop!

01/22/2022

Krusty has been very busy getting everyone's orders together! He even got a chance to do a custom order for a humidity/temperature gauge and a custom color for a wheel! A big shout out for recommending our shop in their latest video! Subscribe to their YouTube channel for lots of hermit crab care information!

11/01/2021

Weeee're Baaaack! Now through November 7th Enjoy 20% off our entire shop with a purchase of $20 or more! No coupon or code needed! Link to shop in profile!

08/22/2021

Our shop is still closed, but Krusty has been enjoying his time off traveling. He loves eating at the and all their plant based foods! He loves their carrot dog, and seitan cheeze steaks!

08/12/2021

Our spokescrab Krusty is taking his vacation time from the shop to forage in the woods! He managed to find some tasty birch and oak, leaves and bark! He even discovered some bite sized wilderness puffs too! AKA: deer p**p. He even made a new friend too!

These items we scavenge are for our personal use only.

07/20/2021

07/12/2021

Hey Crab Con attendees! There was some discussion about some mirror enrichment items during Carol's tribute to Jonathan. These are the prototypes we have been working on since May!

We currently have two types we have been testing. One is just a mirror that can be attached to a wall. The other is a mirror/Curiosity Cube combo!

We would love to get some feedback. What would you like to see in them? Colors, hanging options, whatever you can think of? Let us know! We want to hear from you on our page!

We also want to thank everyone that made a purchase during Crab Con! Don't forget all discount codes are active until the end of July! We are working to restock some sold out items soon!

07/04/2021

Krusty is all ready for Crab Con 2021! Are you? What are you most excited for?Tickets are still available at CrabCon.org
July 8-11th.

06/07/2021

There was a big meeting of some kind on one of our hand made bridges in the 55. What do you think the meeting was about?

05/09/2021

We are super excited to see some of our products featured on TV! Check out Girls 5EVA streaming on Peacock! A 90's all girls band tries to make a comeback today! Be sure to check it out! It's hilarious! Our Curiosity Cubes, Climbing Ladders/Bridges, and Decorated Pot Hides can be seen! All available for purchase in our shop! Link to shop in our profile!

04/10/2021

Crusty is extremely excited to show off Coenobita Curiosities Crab Con 2021 VIP Swag Bag addition. A Crab Con 2021 exclusive pin! These WILL NOT be offered for sale in our shop! Some may be available as giveaways or prizes.

The only way to be sure you receive a pin is to become a Crab Con 2021 VIP! Limited VIP tickets are still available! Head over to Crabcon.org to sign up!

CrabCon 2021July 9-11, 2021

04/05/2021

03/29/2021

Do you have care and other questions about hermit crabs? Join us and others to show your appreciation and compassion for theses crustaceans! International speakers, online marketplace, and much more! All available online July 9-11 2021 for the third annual Crab Con! Head on over to CRABCON.ORG for more info!