Thanks meg! Feeling much better and the crabs are back to being their spoiled selvesmegmaholm wrote:
Aww, you're not terrible for 'neglecting' them for a couple days! We've all been there. I hope you're feeling better now.
I was putting some static window clings on the front of the tank to decorate a bit, and he sat right in front of me the whole time, staring. He's one of my favorites but is such a creeper!She's so cute! I have a fairly small branch leading to my moss pit and my larger crabs usually end up walking on it upside down.mariilene wrote:
Princess is the only one that runs around during the day. This "cholla bridge" is between the shell shop and a moss pit (she's headed toward the moss pit) with the only way up and down next to the shop. She doesn't ever hang out in the pit - I think she just likes the bridge! Though I suspect she gets frustrated with it because she always tries to walk on top and it flips her over every time.
Your commentary is quite funny lol. I talk to my crabs all the time (yeah... I'm that pet owner) and about half the time I have super sarcastic conversations with them, especially my brave little souls who 'talk back' with wild antenna motion.NeatHedgehog wrote:Seems that two of my crabs are a bit stand-offish. After I lifted the lid, the largest of the bunch climbed up on top of the lava rock that lets them reach the ceiling. I didn't want to squish him when I put the lid back on, and not really wanting to handle him a lot (still only had them a month or so) I put my hand near him. He wasn't impressed.
Ok, dude, just... umm... poke poke. He just stuck himself a bit further out of his shell and waved his antennae at me.
Ok, so I'll just pick him up just for a second- well, he decided maybe he could latch onto the rock and twist around and kick / pinch at me, rather than retreat into his shell.
Finally we just looked back and forth at each other in a staring contest and he climbed down the rock out of... minor annoyance? Complete abhorrence for me? Not exactly sure.
The middle-sized of the group (but only a small, overall) is pretty much the same way. They do love those rocks, though, guess they're willing to fight for them. In the daytime they usually all huddle together on the same one.
Fortunately I am done with the water changes and food for tonight, and have the new temp controller and mist timer up and running, so they can freely spook around all night long without me popping in to tweak stuff manually all night. Good thing. I've only been sleeping a couple hours at a time so I could check their "vitals" via the IP cam.
Yeah, my lid ended up sticking down a bit further than I originally intended because I stuck a cork-bark liner on the bottom for them to climb on. Kind of a spur of the moment "well, what the heck, I'm out here cutting stuff anymore, may as well" thing. They're getting a real bang out of it, running upsidedown like spiders all night.moonbeam wrote: You could always lower your rocks to avoid needing to move crabs to shut your lid. It's been my experience that the more I try to move a crab off of something the harder they clamp down on it (this is usually when the sarcasm comes out). I don't handle my crabs if possible so I try to set up my tank so that it's not an issue unless of course it's redecorating day lol.
We had a goat we ended up calling by "Stu / Stupe" because we were trying to get to out of the pen for milking one day (we always trained them to come out for their "turn" when we opened the door and called their names). Well, she wouldn't come by the name we wanted, so my mother yelled "HEY STUPID!" and she trotted right out.KellyCrabbieLove wrote:I think instead if sarcasm mine get "ok stupid, stop it!"
Granted I am the owner of the dumbest dog on earth that actually responds to stupid like it is his name. Also "the big stupid".
Hope I have the 30g all set by the time they come up.
