Stuck on the lid

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:41 pm

I heard some strange noise coming from the crabitat and look what I found:

Harry was walking the lid - back & forth for a good hour - actually more since I left him there.

Do I gently take him off or let him continue to walk the lid? I m afraid to turn off the light as he might get startled and fall.

MacandHunter · Post by **MacandHunter** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:48 pm

Mine walk on the lid a lot as well. The sand is there to break their fall and they come up unharmed if/when they do fall.

I'd let him stay up there for a bit more and we will come down on his own soon. If not though, I am sometimes able to get mine down. The grip on with their legs and I can sometimes gently put the legs in a position so they no longer have the grip.

Kilimanjaro · Post by **Kilimanjaro** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:01 pm

It's perfectly natural for your crabs to climb on the lid--mine do that also. I usually let them climb on it and they find their way down okay. If they got up there, they can usually get back down.

I wouldn't worry about pulling your hermit down.

Tetracolor · Post by **Tetracolor** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:40 pm

LOL and Red and Lilac and Hercules and all my E's used to do that is the 20L! They can't do it anymore in the new 40B.

I always thought it was so cute. My crabs would always go down sooner or later. Don't worry about scaring them with the light. It's probobly ten times less scary than a giant hand yanking them off!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:08 pm

I just posted a comment under a different heading about my guy doing that! I'm glad I read this thread so I'm not so afraid of it happening again!
Thanks

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:09 pm

He did look like he was nervous - pacing back and forth. A couple of times it looked like he was going to fall, but he caught himself.

I know his shell is too big to get through the crack I have in the lid for air circulation & humidity control. But the poor guy looks so puzzled as to how to get down.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:13 pm

My hermies do that all the time, then cant figure out how to get down.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:05 pm

Sabastian does it all the time. He sometimes falls but my sister and I don't worry too much about it because his shell protects him.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:23 pm

Well, I gave in and helped him down. He let go of the top rather easily. He is now climbing the grape vine wood.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:48 am

He must have been ready for a little help

Sometimes we have to follow our intuition I think.

Sometimes.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:33 am

I was checking in on the babies before I went to bed last night and did a shell check on 3 of the 4 that aren't buried, but couldn't find Simon! I heard a little scratching and thought, "Oh great, now my most active crab is digging down and I won't see him for who knows how long." So I kept looking until my husband asked what the hold up was. I told him that I couldn't find Simon. His reply was: "Well, it's not like he could be anywhere but in the tank, so don't worry about it."
Then I finally found him upside down, crawling along the lid toward the venting hole (which he could easily fit through!) What a naughty boy.

I had to tell his mommy on him. I helped him down and sealed up the hole just incase.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:38 pm

I am glad to see that I am not the only one with adventurous hermit.

jordan.eth · Post by **jordan.eth** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:41 pm

When I first got my E, Sebastian, he climbed to the lid (I have no idea how) and I watched him for like three hours to see if he'd come down. I went to the bathroom, came back and he was in the food bowl munchin' away. Silly crabs :roll:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:07 pm

My smallest E Jasper did that all the time... He was my most active crab but that little booger dug down, so now my tank is boring!!!