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The Hunger Games!
I have never read the Hunger Games or had a chance to see the movie but I have had the joy of seeing it play out in real life.
Don't worry, it isn't with my children. Rather it is a group of what was 6 Hermit Crabs that have been living in my bathroom for the last 4 months. This was one of those random things that happened during my Fall. One day in October our dear neighbors randomly gave my babies the gift of crabs. You can imagine my amazement coming home from my Women Studies class late Thursday night and seeing Chris' text: Richard came by the house and gave me crabs. Fortunately it was these guys...
The problem is that we started out with six. I bought them some new sand and a better enclosure and sort of forgot about them other than the usual daily feeding and spritzing. Than Chris one day in late November wanted to do a crab count so we counted them. There were now only four crabs. We searched for bodies but there were none. Just 4 healthy crabs.
This deepend the mystery so a few weeks later Chris and I did another crab count and there were only 3 now. Well I went too Petco and found out hermit crabs are cannibals. Yup my crabs ate each other. Now I go to the tank with severe apprehension. We have one large one and two tiny ones left. Today I did a crab count and I only spotted big boy and one little one. Well, I guess another one bit the dust, but than as I was cleaning the tank I found the third one desperately hiding under the sand. YOU GO LITTLE GUY!!!
I had some crabs when I lived in LA but mine were not this way. They got along well. I missed Chastity and Prudence. I wonder with these little ones who will outlive and outlast the others. Maybe my mother wants some crabs... I just don't have the heart to watch anymore :( I should probably stick to cats and kids.
The Hunger Games!
I have never read the Hunger Games or had a chance to see the movie but I have had the joy of seeing it play out in real life.
Don't worry, it isn't with my children. Rather it is a group of what was 6 Hermit Crabs that have been living in my bathroom for the last 4 months. This was one of those random things that happened during my Fall. One day in October our dear neighbors randomly gave my babies the gift of crabs. You can imagine my amazement coming home from my Women Studies class late Thursday night and seeing Chris' text: Richard came by the house and gave me crabs. Fortunately it was these guys...
The problem is that we started out with six. I bought them some new sand and a better enclosure and sort of forgot about them other than the usual daily feeding and spritzing. Than Chris one day in late November wanted to do a crab count so we counted them. There were now only four crabs. We searched for bodies but there were none. Just 4 healthy crabs.
This deepend the mystery so a few weeks later Chris and I did another crab count and there were only 3 now. Well I went too Petco and found out hermit crabs are cannibals. Yup my crabs ate each other. Now I go to the tank with severe apprehension. We have one large one and two tiny ones left. Today I did a crab count and I only spotted big boy and one little one. Well, I guess another one bit the dust, but than as I was cleaning the tank I found the third one desperately hiding under the sand. YOU GO LITTLE GUY!!!
I had some crabs when I lived in LA but mine were not this way. They got along well. I missed Chastity and Prudence. I wonder with these little ones who will outlive and outlast the others. Maybe my mother wants some crabs... I just don't have the heart to watch anymore :( I should probably stick to cats and kids.
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You and your crab pets. :) So glad the ones you had (we had? Can I say that? I am totally claiming part ownership since they lived in my room, too) were not cannibalistic. Yuck! Good luck finding a good home for them.
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