Fish Head

Last nights dinner, by FAR the most disgusting meal I've fed them yet, was a FANTASTIC hit. Sometime late I got up to pee and took a look in the tank and there seemed to be quite a bit of activity going on. Ha, then I turned on the flashlight to get a better look; there were crabs EVERYWHERE! I cannot tell you how disgusting it was to cut up that fish head those many months ago and I've only had the nerve to feed it to them that one time and then they just didn't appreciate it much. I was tempted the other day to throw all the baggies away and now I'm really glad I didn't. It still smells gaggingly disgusting when I defrost it in the microwave but the crabs really do seem to love it a lot. That's the only reason I'm not going to throw the baggies out now. Also, when I got up this morning and checked the downstairs tank, Hairball had drug the piece out of the food dish and was sitting right on top of it while tearing into it. I guess he didn't want to share!

They are so much fun to watch but man they eat the most revolting stuff.

Menu

Tonight is a truly disgusting menu. That's right, it's fish head and broccoli. Sometime this summer I purchased (and I can't even believe I could get this in a regular grocery) a salmon head. I was asked if I was making soup with it; my jaw hit the floor. Sorry, the only way I could try a soup made w/ a fish head is if I didn't know that before hand.

Anyway, the things I put myself through for my crabbies. I came home and cut that fish head up into smaller sections, gagging the entire time, so I didn't have to feed the whole friggin' thing at one time. I got many servings out of that head, I've only actually given it to them one other time. It stinks so bad!

I think it's a hit though, the upstairs tank already had someone in there checking it out and I think Furball (my piggy PP I adopted along with Pinchy) in the downstairs tank will be all over it in a while.

Giant adoptee crab finally came up

Yes, I've been starting to get a bit concerned as we picked him (I'm not really sure of the sex) up near the end of July or beginning of August and he buried a day or two after that. Hairball, the smaller of the two buried at the same time but came up weeks ago; that one is the piggy crab I spoke of in another post. Hairball had molted shortly before we got them but Pinchy (he/she really isn't, one of the twins named it) looked in need of a molt; no toenails at all. This crab is big, really big; it takes up my entire palm. I thought I'd posted pics of them when we first got them but I just did a search and can't find a thing.

Oh well, he's super friendly but really strong too so my hand is all scratched up from the toenails. He's not pinchy at all though. We got some pics last night but I was tired from running around all day so I didn't want to do the whole download then upload to photobucket and then link everything then. His color is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I was really worried about this guy but it looks like he pulled through fabulously.