The nearly 8 years went so fast, Greeny...

[Dramatic Hermiexx]

I remember when I got you in July 2001 at a boardwalk shop in Seaside Heights, NJ. I also got 4 other crabbies who all waited in Hermie Heaven for you along with any of your other crabby buddies. I was only 7 way back then. I still was years away from going online and learning how to care for you and the other crabbies correctly. In fact I had no internet at home yet. Those were tough times for you guys and I regret not doing my research before bringing the first hermies home. So for a while I did all sorts off dumb things with the crabbies. Then the 5th grade came and a family problem adversely affected my life. I didn't even take care of you and the others for a while. I started again that March but the same happened when 6th grade started. In August 2006 my friend told me she had gotten some hermies. I received a push to start caring for you guys again. Since I now had internet access I googled hermit crabs out of curiosity. I soon discover my care was very wrong. I soon started to make corrections and convinced my friend to make a few changes. Then in September I lost Buttercup and was absolutely devastated. I was pushed to my limit and vowed never to neglect a hermie ever again.Soon after, many of the improvements were in place and things got better for you, Greeny. The better food allowed you to grow and thrive. You and everyone were much happier. You were such a sweetie even trying to help my ruggies in a way. Your coloring fluctuated oddly possibly due to you liking to molt around deep clean time and I believe past neglect played a role. At a point you became withdrawn and were reluctant to come out when I picked you up. This March somebody tried to kill everyone in the tat with nail polish remover (maybe my grandma?) and I cleaned things ASAP to save evreyone at the small cost of a day. Sometime in May I saw you walking around in the tat. You wouldn't come out at all when held. I had a feeling something was wrong. This was the last time I saw you alive. Due to a recent waterfall mishap, I tried replacing some soaked substrate with dry play sand from the mostly unused 20L which didn't help anyway. I discovered a shell (the same kind you had on) with a decaying crabbie inside. I thought this was probably you. I did my bi-yearly partial deep clean yesterday and confirmed your death along with 4 others; causes varied between you guys. I had your remains in the freezer until I got confirmation at the deep clean. I laid you and Drama Queen to rest today. I believed the incident and past neglect played a role in your passing.We had made so many memories together. We had gone though good and bad together. I am sorry for the hardship of the earlier years with me and hope your last nearly 2 1/2 were happy ones. You deserve to finally be at the big beach in the sky. Rest in peace for the rest of eternity my beloved Greeny!