Trying to escape!!

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Trying to escape!!

Post by Markg21 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:36 pm

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Post by amwilliams » Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:41 pm

Always!! Mine are constantly doing that. Stinkers.


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Post by Kermie16 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:53 pm

I love it when they crawl upside down!! Lol! Out of our 5 hermies, only 1 likes to do that and he has been molting now for about 2 months. Can't wait til he is back at it again :D

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Post by NLindsey921 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:13 pm

When I had them in a ten they were always on the top. I'd wale up and they'd be sleeping up there. Once I upgraded to the twenty only the smallest would do it and now I got the 29 they don't have anything tall enough to get up there with.

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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by Just Jay » Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:26 am

hahahaha so cute and funny!

when i worked at the zoo they were in a tank big enough for me to stand in and they loved sleeping in the tree!


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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by Markg21 » Sat Oct 15, 2016 5:52 am

I'm still absolutely stumped as to how he got up there. The night before I had a log that was closer to the top and he had an accomplice that he climbed on top of to reach the top. But I moved their ramp lower so they couldn't reach before this picture was taken. I sat in amazement for about 30 minutes lol.


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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by Crabinski » Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:23 pm

Markg21 wrote:I'm still absolutely stumped as to how he got up there. The night before I had a log that was closer to the top and he had an accomplice that he climbed on top of to reach the top. But I moved their ramp lower so they couldn't reach before this picture was taken. I sat in amazement for about 30 minutes lol.
They're very adept at climbing up using only the corner sealant seams. The need to climb and get as high as possible is just part of their "tree crab" DNA. Only two of my guys like to do the glass lid hinge walk and the one who does it most often is large Big Enzo, the clumsy crab: he'll haul his hefty self along to about midpoint where he'll "rest" for a while and, I think, falls asleep 'cause the next thing is a big thunk as he hits the substrate and looks around, startled :lol: !
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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by MrTeacherDude » Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:44 pm

Crabinski wrote:
Markg21 wrote:I'm still absolutely stumped as to how he got up there. The night before I had a log that was closer to the top and he had an accomplice that he climbed on top of to reach the top. But I moved their ramp lower so they couldn't reach before this picture was taken. I sat in amazement for about 30 minutes lol.
They're very adept at climbing up using only the corner sealant seams. The need to climb and get as high as possible is just part of their "tree crab" DNA. Only two of my guys like to do the glass lid hinge walk and the one who does it most often is large Big Enzo, the clumsy crab: he'll haul his hefty self along to about midpoint where he'll "rest" for a while and, I think, falls asleep 'cause the next thing is a big thunk as he hits the substrate and looks around, startled :lol: !
That look is hilarious. My biggie Brutus climbed to the top of my vine and I guess forgot how to get down. Next thing I know, I hear a thud and after he rights himself, he looks around like "Anyone see that? No? Good..." and just wanders off in the other direction...


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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by CrabMater » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:09 pm

New topic : Crab Fails
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Crabbin' since June '16 (RIP Pinchy 7/16 / RIP Dean )

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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by Kermie16 » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:54 pm

CrabMater wrote:New topic : Crab Fails
For the most part most of our PP's prefer not to go for a swim in the pools. So one night Inhear Mike, one of our medium PP's climbing the vine near the back of the tank. He decided to scale the leaves. Made it almost all the way up when the BP loses its grip and all of a sudden I hear a big Thud from the tank. I walk over to take a look and there is Mike on his back at the bottom of the SW pool :lol:

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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by GabyRaven » Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:21 am

A couple days ago my small crab Clawford was climbing this new piece of cholla wood I got from TheChollaShepherd on Etsy (10/10 would recommend), which is positioned above my FW pool. It isn't secured in the sub, so when he went on the small side branch, his weight made the stick rotate, effectively dumping him in the water Image

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Re: Trying to escape!!

Post by Kermie16 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:52 pm

:hlol:

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