Luvmyzoocrew
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The hermit crabs sitting in a container waiting for me to do their tank
This is 3 of 4 hermit crabs
Look at those buggy eyes,lol
Only a face a mother can love,lol
He was trying to hide from me, also i think he is in a shell that is WAY too big for him
It was tank cleaning time, I took all the old sand out and put the new sand in, before doing so i made sure no one was buried trying to molt. I wet the left side of the sand so the sand is like sand castle consistency.
Put in everything in the tank, to the left is a hiddey wood, and on top a piece of Chola wood leading to a net. Underneath the net are the spare shells. All the way to the right is the salt water and fresh water, and plastic green plant hanging near the side incase they need an emergency way out.
Checking out the fresh water bowl
Here is the sad part, I have been extremely bad Hermie parent, the crab looking thing at the bottom of the pic is crab parts. One thing with hermit crabs is they need sand castle consistency sand so that they can bury themselves to molt their shells. I have been a bad parent and havent been misting the cage or sand and this poor hermit crab pulled a land molt.
I came down and saw BODY PARTS :shock2:I , of course, thought the worse , i thought he was DEAD. So i scooped the parts out put them on the paper towel and examined them and they were "hollow", and the shell felt like it might have still had a crab in it, so in the Isolation tank the shell and the parts went.
I strategically placed him so that if he moved i would know he was still alive and when i cam down the next day it had moved and when i tried looking in the shell i could feel him move, so i was happy that he was still alive. So i leave the parts in there and give him enough time to consume them, as he needs them to help with his current exoskeleton. He will stay in the ISO tank for about 2 weeks until it is safe for him to join his buds without fear that they will hurt him or even worse EAT him:toast: :eats:
In this picture are the sheded body parts.
So of course i had to throw in pics of my GIRLS
The girls enjoying some Yogurt
Here is one of the white ones, we havent named the white ones cause they really all look the same,lol, and it is hard to tell them apart but as they get older and we can find more differences in them we will give them names.
This is Gerdi (I think,lol)
This is Henrietta (I think, or it is the other way around with Gerti above,lol)
This is Chocolate Chip (my son named her) she is very friendly and when i take a chair in the pen she sits on my lap.
And again standing in the door wondering what i am doing,lol
One last set of pics, here is a butterfly that i saved from my GIRLS, he/she flew in there and couldnt get out so i got him/her out.
Then he/she wouldnt get off my finger,lol, so i was enjoying his/her BEAUTY.
Lastly this is Brayden and he is telling you that you better go to my blog and read and comment on it or else,lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is 3 of 4 hermit crabs
Look at those buggy eyes,lol
Only a face a mother can love,lol
He was trying to hide from me, also i think he is in a shell that is WAY too big for him
It was tank cleaning time, I took all the old sand out and put the new sand in, before doing so i made sure no one was buried trying to molt. I wet the left side of the sand so the sand is like sand castle consistency.
Put in everything in the tank, to the left is a hiddey wood, and on top a piece of Chola wood leading to a net. Underneath the net are the spare shells. All the way to the right is the salt water and fresh water, and plastic green plant hanging near the side incase they need an emergency way out.
Checking out the fresh water bowl
Here is the sad part, I have been extremely bad Hermie parent, the crab looking thing at the bottom of the pic is crab parts. One thing with hermit crabs is they need sand castle consistency sand so that they can bury themselves to molt their shells. I have been a bad parent and havent been misting the cage or sand and this poor hermit crab pulled a land molt.
I came down and saw BODY PARTS :shock2:I , of course, thought the worse , i thought he was DEAD. So i scooped the parts out put them on the paper towel and examined them and they were "hollow", and the shell felt like it might have still had a crab in it, so in the Isolation tank the shell and the parts went.
I strategically placed him so that if he moved i would know he was still alive and when i cam down the next day it had moved and when i tried looking in the shell i could feel him move, so i was happy that he was still alive. So i leave the parts in there and give him enough time to consume them, as he needs them to help with his current exoskeleton. He will stay in the ISO tank for about 2 weeks until it is safe for him to join his buds without fear that they will hurt him or even worse EAT him:toast: :eats:
In this picture are the sheded body parts.
So of course i had to throw in pics of my GIRLS
The girls enjoying some Yogurt
Here is one of the white ones, we havent named the white ones cause they really all look the same,lol, and it is hard to tell them apart but as they get older and we can find more differences in them we will give them names.
This is Gerdi (I think,lol)
This is Henrietta (I think, or it is the other way around with Gerti above,lol)
This is Chocolate Chip (my son named her) she is very friendly and when i take a chair in the pen she sits on my lap.
And again standing in the door wondering what i am doing,lol
One last set of pics, here is a butterfly that i saved from my GIRLS, he/she flew in there and couldnt get out so i got him/her out.
Then he/she wouldnt get off my finger,lol, so i was enjoying his/her BEAUTY.
Lastly this is Brayden and he is telling you that you better go to my blog and read and comment on it or else,lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
