My OCD crab named Ursula

[patchouliii]

Ok, so I know there is plenty to do in my crabitat but my Ursula is quite OCD. All she wants to do is climb back and forth up a bent oak branch ALL DAY LONG. I mean hours!!! Up and DOWn, . My 6 year old calls me and says. Mama, AGAIN!!! Ursula is doing it again! And today she told mossy to join her on her trip. Caddies, magnaturals, vines, trees, a swing, pools, hideys, NOOOOO. Just the good ol branch, ALL DAY LONG. He (ursula) loves to climb I gotta post pictures soon.

[HermitCrabingrid]

That's very strange if us new it's probably happy about the new stick or stressed my new jumbos doing the same thing well he did that until the wood fell iver

[CrabbyMom33]

Repetitive behavior like that can be seen in confined animals, and some have noted it in hermit crabs on here in the past. Based on your signature you have a big enough tank for the number of crabs, so it's not being overcrowded. You may want to try to add some type of enrichment like they would do in a zoo. Maybe add a half of a real coconut (I do this with 3/4 of the coconut removed to freeze), or add a large sea sponge to climb on and eat (found some on HCP), or maybe even a bit of change in the tank layout.

[patchouliii]

I don't know what's up with him. I take him especially on walks in the yard almost everyday with his buddy Tiger, so I don't know. I just added a ledge, and three caddies, but this is his favorite stick. It's not new. It's a year old (the stick). So I don't get it. I will try the coconut. He seems to be the one that enjoys climbing the most, even outdoors. He immediately starts climbing branches He's such a mild mannered crab and always shares his food and space I'm just worried.