my crabs are digging like never before!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:49 am

i have to jump on this band wagon, my tiny made a golf ball size hole, i thought maybe mass molt but they were all up last night and more holes this morning, i think i have 2 crabs down i hope there ok

hulk · Post by **hulk** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:20 am

it is so strange how they must sense the change of weahter even with the controled temps inside. I think it is sooo cool that your all crabs are doing it too!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:28 am

Well my lot look like they are living in a construction zone lol.

I have excavations going on in all four corners of the tank. One dug a big crater down to the glass then filled it back in.

Amazingly the woodlice I

put in this morning are also getting in on the act ??? maybe its a crustacean thing lol.

Also had my first shell change yay

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:38 am

are the woodlice i find outside ok to put into my crabitat or do i need to buy them from the store

hulk · Post by **hulk** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:23 pm

I wonder if I still have woodlice? I had TONS in the 30 gallon before I moved them to the 55..scared me at first when I ssaw them~yuck ahhh~ I thought but after I found out what they were and streilized everything....even though the driftwood(where they probably came from) was put in the 55 for afew minutes before I realized it was infested with BUGS and then boiled...so I may have some in there still =)

My crabs have so many holes in my tank it is crazy..I can see tunnels going thourhout the tanka nd I even see big holes at teh bottom of the tank where they try to keep digging and can't!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:43 am

crabattack wrote:are the woodlice i find outside ok to put into my crabitat or do i need to buy them from the store

you shouldn't need to buy woodlice. The outside ones are ok but if you have concerns you could isolate a colony of them in a mini crabitat shoebox size and let them go through a few generations first. Then add the new generation over time to your tat. This is of course if your worried about pesticides etc. I am lucky in that I got mine from our bug zoo, "The Bug House" in work so I know there are no contaminants.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:04 am

Haha!

Maybe the digging thing is the "crustacean seasonal time" to dig! Yeah my crabs are not down but are digging for no reason, then move to another spot, dig again, and repeat. Except for Kuzco who was roaming around, the rest were doin' nothin...

Hmm....I was wondering if I also use woodlice, will it escape cause I have no covering in my tat'.....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:52 am

If its dark and damp the woodlice will have no reason to leave so open top tank should be ok.

Came into work and one of my lot has dug a big crater in middle of tat..... pity its spoil heap is on top of the food bowl lol.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:02 am

ya my crabs filled up the coco hut so no one can get in or out even though i believe there is a critter buried in there

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:22 pm

lol mine are doin their usual, roaming around.

Kilimanjaro · Post by **Kilimanjaro** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:32 pm

My three survivors, as I like to call them, have been digging like crazy around now. There are so many holes scattered around the tank! And I just did a semi-deep clean the other day.

Little rascals... :roll:

hulk · Post by **hulk** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:47 pm

mine just started covering the holes back up..kept afew though =) they are so funny!

jordan.eth · Post by **jordan.eth** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:56 pm

All my little guys are down right now, whether they need to molt or not

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:19 pm

Mine started this a few days ago too. There are potholes all over!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:06 am

Just for a time reference, my crabs are still digging just like when it all started in late November. In the past 3 days, all have buried, and have not so much as surfaced for food. There has been no above sand activity as well. In the wee hours, I would hear them digging and shells contacting the aquarium glass, but all has gone quiet over the past couple of days. I don't know what to expect next. I do know that all are alive, as there are no bad odors from the tat. Maybe a mass molt is on the horizon? I have not had a molt yet but only got my crabs in mid September. Even my largest one "Bubba" is dug down, and quiet. Temps and humidity are about the same, although we are getting toward the coldest part of winter as far as a "seasonal" time line. The days are starting to get longer now that we are past the winter solstice (Dec 21).

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

my crabs are digging like never before!

Re: my crabs are digging like never before!

Mine too!