Rainy days

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Re: Rainy days

Post by CrabbyMom33 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:59 am

I've had mine all head for high places in the tank in rainy weather. I would guess it's a natural instinct to move to higher ground during rain.
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Re: Rainy days

Post by Squeaky » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:41 pm

I tried to see if they do anything different when the tv/video games in the room start flashing and popping with lights and the rest of the room is dark, but so far nothing. When we get storms here I feel like the whole house shakes and the dog goes running for the closet, but the crabs just act like it's any other day.

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Re: Rainy days

Post by wodesorel » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:12 am

Barometric pressure does seem to affect them. The few times we've have major depressions (hurricane remnants) the crabs were all acting bizarre for a few days. I'm sure it was confusion that it wasn't raining in the tank, since they probably have adapted to knowing that low pressure means severe rainstorms and flooding.
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