Pet Shop Trip21:42 Aug 13 2011
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It's not often, well never actually, that the pet shop calls me at work. I gave them my number and told them to call me when they got some hermit crabs in, because the last couple of times I had gone in there they didn't have any crabs. I am down to 4 little guys now, and they needed some playmates.
I get to the pet shop and the owner has this huge grin on his face. "Wait till you see," he says and leads me to the hermit crab area. There, in a tank all by themselves, were two of the biggest crabs I had ever seen anywhere. I mean, monsters. Their shells were bigger than my fist, and when I picked one up, he came out of his shell to see what the hell was going on, claws waving. That boy was BIG. It was love at first sight. I bought the two big ones, and a couple smaller ones from another tank. I had a big tupperware container out in the car, so I lined that with damp paper towels and tucked the crabs in for the drive home.
I soon realized, after I got them home, that the biggest one was not going to be able to fit into the hermit crab hut I have in there, which is a hollowed out cocoanut shell. I have another hermie hut, so I took that and enlarged the doorway so the big guys could fit in and out.
They were all excited to get in the new tank, and immediately clunked all over to explore. They climbed up the logs, climbed over the hermit hut, trundled through the water dish and found the food. Amazingly, after the first round of looking round the two big guys each chose a corner, dug themselves a trench, and settled in...each big crab accompanied by two little acolyte crabs who snuggled in right next to their big brothers.
So cute! I can hardly wait till later, when they will be more active. This oughta be good.
COMMENTS
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Vampirewitch39
00:45 Aug 16 2011
o.O
Requiem
00:56 Aug 16 2011
Umm. Yes. I would think so. Along the same lines: House cat scratch versus a friggin' lion. o.o Still got all yer digits, woman?
CarnelianMyst
00:58 Aug 16 2011
Yup. He was in the palm of my hand and was trying to see if the soft pads at the base of my fingers were food. I got quite a pinch before he let go.
Lullaby
01:19 Aug 16 2011
My brother used to have hermit crabs. They scared the life out of me for precisely this reason. :P
BLOODLIFE
08:34 Aug 16 2011
I still can't 'warm' to them .... just not cuddly!
Calypso
22:56 Aug 16 2011
I like HERMIES!!I want a little hermie friend.