Exercise?

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Exercise?

Post by Sang21ferret » Mon Sep 02, 2024 1:25 am

I’ve seen a bunch of crabitats with hamster wheels and disks. Do they actually use them? Of does ir just seem like an accident that they climbed on it, and it rotates as they try to climb higher?


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Post by JoeHermits » Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:05 pm

There are many reports of crabs going back and using the wheels repeatedly (including mine), suggesting they purposely go in for enrichment. Sometimes they may need to be enticed into entering the wheel for the first time but after that it will likely become a regular occurrence


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Post by CrabbyLover77 » Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:59 pm

My guys in both tanks use their wheels. They like to sleep in them too!

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