Crablog

There was so much activity last night in the big tank. Tune was all over the place and a couple others came out too. That little PP who's been running around that I'm still not sure who it is was out and REALLY active, then Spaz came out later. In the big hut were Kermit (who I've not seen much of lately) and Beaker hanging out. In fact, they've done something pretty funny. Lately when I'm trying to figure out where everyone's hiding I've noticed that the doorway into the big hut has been blocked by FB, from the inside. Apparently whoever has been hiding in there during the day doesn't want company. Now it looks as though perhaps Beaker and Kermit have a thing going on????? Hmmm, Beaker is a boy but we haven't determined yet anything about Kermit's sex.

Oscar was still sitting in the window s/he created yesterday. S/he still hasn't made it up to the surface but to know that s/he's moving around now and digging is a pretty good indication that the molt is finished and s/he'll be topside soon.

So, the count there was I actually saw 6 of the crabs moving around. That is an all time high. There is still the missing Rug in the big tank and I just hope that's a molt in progress and not an actual missing crab, as well as 2 more PPs that are still MIA (Hermie and the other little PP Tinkerbell or TigerLily).

Didn't notice whether or not anyone touched the cheeseburger.

Seemed there was a pretty good bit of activity over in the smaller tank too. The humidity has been high in there as it's such a small tank and everything is damp in there. It's been hovering near 90% so I decided last night to take off the glass lid for a while and only leave on the screen lid. After a short period it dropped down to 80% and then I put the glass lid back on but only over half the top to allow for some more circulation than before. This morning it was still hovering at 80% so maybe we'll get some more activity in there now.

Crablog & Menu

Still have last night's dinner in there but I'm adding in a little cheeseburger from dinner. Thought maybe a treat would be nice.

Oscar is FINALLY coming up from a molt so I'm going to say that today he finished his molt. Can't wait for him to come all the way up so I can take some pics, measure his shell, and maybe figure out if he's really a he. Haven't seen him in a long time so it will be nice to have him top-side.

Crablog & Menu

Unsalted organic Peanut Butter, 10-grain cereal, dried Papaya, unsweetened Apple Sauce sprinkled with dried Brine Shrimp, Bloodworms and Cyclo-peeze.

This morning when I got up real early for work, I turned on the Nightglo bulb and scared the crap out of Tune (my new name for Petunia since I found out he was a boy). He was sitting straight up in the air with his legs hanging down and stiff as a board. I even caught him with a piece of popcorn still in his claw. That was pretty funny and I got my morning started with a smile.

I came home from work to another surprise, my Hermit Crab Addiction calendars and license plate holders finally came in the mail. Yippee. The even cooler part is that 2 of our crabs made the calendar. Yep, Beaker and Toon are both in it, for the months of March and December respectively. They needed pictures of the C. Brevimanus for the calendar and picked our pictures so our little crabbies are famous. The credit for the pictures all goes to Steph cause she took all the good ones.

Crablog & Menu

Last night's dinner:

Chopped Silversides with Olive Oil (yes, that WAS disgusting), Fresh Coconut & Almonds.

The crabs were pretty active last night. Petunia (we found out it's a he) was quite mobile, I heard him a bunch this morning. At some point I woke up early (like around 2-3 AM) and I saw Petunia up, Spaz and a little PP (I'm not sure who it was) up and about. Beaker is buried under the large hut, I can see him through the side. He's just been hanging out there for the past 2 days but hasn't really been up moving too much. Spaz, Petunia and Beaker looked as if they were playing follow the leader moving from one side of the 'tat to the other and when I got up Spaz was half buried in the new ground level moss pit and Petunia was on top. I didn't see where the little PP had moved to, could also be under the moss pit. It was nice to see them in it though because it's been in there now a few days and to my knowledge, this is the first that anyone has decided to check it out.

Steph's tank this morning was kind of funny because I saw 3 of the Ruggies sitting on top of the cork bark all 3 facing one another like they were having a meeting of some sort; saving the world, solving world peace or hunger or something I'm sure...