It keeps coming with furious certainty—this idea that we're moving. Today I rehomed our hermit crabs and all their paraphenalia. It was a lot of stuff, and I don't think their new owner will have a clue what to do with it: her crabs were in a kritter keeper without even a lid and in painted shells. Horrors.
It's not the crabs I will miss, I don't think. They were interesting enough, and I learned heaps about them, but I never really made an emotional connection with them. But there was always something to DO. A cage to clean, food to create, a bubbler pool to invent, something to learn, someone to talk to. It's one more step toward becoming a hermit myself, I suppose, to cut myself off from that part of my world.
I feel a little at loose ends.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
We also have crabs.
No, this isn't a health-related post. We have actual crabs. As pets. Land hermit crabs. Okay, maybe not so much as pets, but they live in an aquarium in our house.
They're really pretty cool, but they are a lot more work and expense than the info sheets at the pet store would have you believe.
Right now we have a total of 10 crabs:
4 purple pinchers (Coenobita clypeatus): Leia Clawgana Solo, Luke Sandwalker, Obi Wan Crabobi, Yoda
2 ruggies (Coenobita rugosus): Chewbacca the Ruggie, Han Solo
3 equadorians (Coenobita compressus): C3PO, R2D2, Wicket
1 strawberry (Coenobita perlatus): Darth Maul
We have also had a second strawberry, Depa Billba, who died after a complicated moult and a purple pincher we named Anakin Sandwalker, who died from post-purchase stress syndrome. They are buried in the front yard with the appropriate grave markers (an empty shell filled with tiny artificial flowers.)
Here are some photos:
A crab peeking out from behind the log
Leia, Han and Wicket discuss the benefits of their particular species
This is a shell fight. There were no injuries, and the offender was moved to isolation for about 24 hours during which he calmed down. When returned to the general population, he ceased threatening others.
Ah, the elusive Darth Maul.
Contrary to his character in the movie, our Darth is very shy.
They're really pretty cool, but they are a lot more work and expense than the info sheets at the pet store would have you believe.
Right now we have a total of 10 crabs:
4 purple pinchers (Coenobita clypeatus): Leia Clawgana Solo, Luke Sandwalker, Obi Wan Crabobi, Yoda
2 ruggies (Coenobita rugosus): Chewbacca the Ruggie, Han Solo
3 equadorians (Coenobita compressus): C3PO, R2D2, Wicket
1 strawberry (Coenobita perlatus): Darth Maul
We have also had a second strawberry, Depa Billba, who died after a complicated moult and a purple pincher we named Anakin Sandwalker, who died from post-purchase stress syndrome. They are buried in the front yard with the appropriate grave markers (an empty shell filled with tiny artificial flowers.)
Here are some photos:
A crab peeking out from behind the log
Leia, Han and Wicket discuss the benefits of their particular speciesThis is a shell fight. There were no injuries, and the offender was moved to isolation for about 24 hours during which he calmed down. When returned to the general population, he ceased threatening others.
Ah, the elusive Darth Maul.
Contrary to his character in the movie, our Darth is very shy.
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