Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

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Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by cucucue » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:26 am

IDK how to help him or if he needs help:( he is unable to climb down, he managed to get up in a sneaky way ...


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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by cucucue » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:33 am

I also can't pick him up off of it because he's pinching the wire top


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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by amart24 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:06 pm

he is fine. Happens all the time.

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Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:16 pm

He'll come down when he is ready.

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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by PixelPlex22 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:06 pm

Or fall down, mine do it all the time


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Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:10 pm

PixelPlex22 wrote:Or fall down, mine do it all the time


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Lol that too.

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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by megmaholm » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:09 pm

Mine like to gracefully leap from the lid into the water dishes. :lol:

When I first started crabbing, I would always pry them off the lid because I would worry. Now my theory is if they got themselves up there, they can get themselves down one way or another.
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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by marandashermies » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:23 pm

yup, mine do it too. I only worry when they push the heat lamp and climb through the small space to the outside top of the tank. :x
He will come/fall down when he is ready.
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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by wodesorel » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:56 pm

I think this is one of those first kid/third kid type things. Everyone freaks out the first time they see their hermits do it. :) By the time you've had them for a while you'll start to roll your eyes at them instead!
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Post by CallaLily » Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:59 pm

wodesorel wrote:I think this is one of those first kid/third kid type things. Everyone freaks out the first time they see their hermits do it. :) By the time you've had them for a while you'll start to roll your eyes at them instead!
Totally.

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Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:19 pm

wodesorel wrote:I think this is one of those first kid/third kid type things. Everyone freaks out the first time they see their hermits do it. :) By the time you've had them for a while you'll start to roll your eyes at them instead!
Yes!

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Post by marandashermies » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:21 am

wodesorel wrote:I think this is one of those first kid/third kid type things. Everyone freaks out the first time they see their hermits do it. :) By the time you've had them for a while you'll start to roll your eyes at them instead!
haha I used to jump out of bed when I heard the thunks and clunks of them falling. Now I can't sleep without it. I worry when its quiet :hlol:
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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by kornchaser » Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:25 pm

My big and small crabs do that, manage to get down safe and sound all by themselves. The lid is just another climber to them, everything is lol
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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by Rubberducky » Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:16 am

So it’s fine if their upsidown?


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Re: Crab is on the roof of my crabitat upside down!

Post by Raldrich » Mon May 13, 2024 10:11 am

What if she fell from roof of crabitat into water dish? She is walking around but is she all right?

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