crab hoarding?

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crab hoarding?

Post by user123456 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:43 am

My purple pincher, Cheech, has a shell in his little plastic cave thing. it's too small for him and he spent forever dragging it in there. is there a reason? i just redid the tank so everything is in a new place, but it wasn't there in the old one so I don't know why he's doing this now
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Re: crab hoarding?

Post by aussieJJDude » Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:44 am

It's just crabs being crabs. I wouldn't stress. They enjoy remodelling things.
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Re: crab hoarding?

Post by KyMart » Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:01 pm

user123456 wrote:
Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:43 am
My purple pincher, Cheech, has a shell in his little plastic cave thing. it's too small for him and he spent forever dragging it in there. is there a reason? i just redid the tank so everything is in a new place, but it wasn't there in the old one so I don't know why he's doing this now
Sounds like you have yourself a little interior decorator!
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