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Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Visual » Mon May 15, 2017 10:39 pm

Please send all the good vibes and prayers that you can... I had slowly been taking everything out of the old crabitat and was left with only one water source and one food dish. It's been over a week and I hadn't seen any activity. I had already counted the crabs as we placed them in the new Crab River Gorge. By our estimates we were missing 3 or 4 crabs. So I smoothed over the sand and waited a few more days. Today I noticed a new hole had popped up. With the conditions not being ideal in the old tat and a surfacing crab I set out to hunt him down. I slowly sifted through the sand and recovered all our old buried shells, two loners and sadly one recently molted shell less crab. I immediately rinsed him and placed him in a new clean larger shell and got to work on a safe spot in the Gorge. He's in there with a few more shells, clean water, pb and honey and seeds and all of his expo I could find. I put him in a small hermit hut to make it darker then fenced him off from the rest of the crew. Please keep this little guy in your thoughts, I hope I haven't lost him, or caused his imminent death. Since the new tat is holding temps and humidity better I hope he'll recover from my screw up.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Hermiearth » Mon May 15, 2017 11:01 pm

Remember to ISO! You don't want the other crabs getting at him.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Visual » Mon May 15, 2017 11:03 pm

Hermiearth wrote:Remember to ISO! You don't want the other crabs getting at him.


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He's fenced off from the others in there but would they tunnel under to get him? I don't currently have another tank ready with good conditions.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Hermiearth » Mon May 15, 2017 11:08 pm

You could use the soda bottle trick, or put him in a small Tupperware like container, I have deli cups around for this purpose. You could even use a kritter keeper. If the other crabs want to get to him they will. Im sending good vibes your way!


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Post by daws409 » Mon May 15, 2017 11:13 pm

Oh no... Wishing you lots of luck!

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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by GotButterflies » Tue May 16, 2017 9:00 pm

Don't blame yourself Visual. Accidents happen. You are doing the best you can. HUGS! I hope your hermie makes it! Don't worry about peanut butter. I would give sw, fw, honey and exo. Please keep us updated!
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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Giner13 » Wed May 17, 2017 7:44 am

Please do keep us updated!! Hope he pulls through!


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Visual » Wed May 17, 2017 11:45 am

Thank you all so much. So far ok I think. He hasn't moved that I know of but I do see the shell wiggle every now and then.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Kermie16 » Wed May 17, 2017 8:42 pm

Prayers!!


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by annedow9 » Sun May 21, 2017 8:15 pm

Your crabitat is way better than mine. Let them trash it then fix it up every few months. You worked so hard don't give up.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Giner13 » Sun May 21, 2017 9:36 pm

Any news??


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Visual » Sun May 21, 2017 11:20 pm

Giner13 wrote:Any news??


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No movement, and he hasn't dug back down. When should I check on him?


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Hermiearth » Mon May 22, 2017 1:51 am

Wait. If he starts to smell that he has passed.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Visual » Mon May 22, 2017 10:44 am

Guys!! He's moved. Looked this morning, it's not much, but he has turned around inside the hermit hut.


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Re: Building a Crabby Paradise

Post by Giner13 » Mon May 22, 2017 11:15 am

Yay!! Come on little guy!!


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