New Straw :D

Went out to a PetCo the other day looking to get some ferret things, and there was this big beautiful boy all by his lonesome...

...So obviously he just had to come home with me. No name on him yet, but he was just so big and beautiful I had to bring him home :) He's such a sweetie too, just sat there for that last pic and didn't try to grab onto me or anything. More pics and updates, although I'm sure he's going to molt fairly soon, he really needs it.

just a little update

i thought i should update since i haven't in a long time, and i've moved halfway across the country. i ended up finding new homes for a lot of my hermits, it was hard to do but better that way. some i tried to ship out and they just didn't make it. i'm down to 4 indos and 1 ruggie.

Ms. Ludie actually came on the day and a half bus trip with me out here. i got a tupperware and made a special traveling bag that it could fit in, and she was a carry on (obviously i didn't tell anyone on the bus or at the stations i had a crab with me, last thing i needed was to be out in the middle of no where and have some weirdo not let me on the next bus cos i had a crab with me, lol). she did very well and is about to molt for her second time since moving out here. still no friends for her (5 years and counting on that... :P ) she's just too aggressive with all the crabs. oh well. i keep trying anyways. here's the latest Ms. Ludie pic in all her giant glory, lol. and yes she wouldn't let go of the blanket for a good 5 minutes, oh Ludie...





the two little indos are as nocturnal and cranky as ever, they both just finished molting for their first time since moving. they aren't especially happy with me cos i put Riku the ruggie in with them. she's been busy molting lately too, should be up soon i think. Riku's just too hyper for them, the indos are quiet and like to keep to themselves, she likes to run around and act like an idiot climbing on everyone. they'll be in a bigger tank soon, so there will be more running room for her and more personal space for the indos. i haven't gotten new pics of them yet. i'll probably get some when Riku comes up and i switch tanks around.

when i go to switch the tanks around i'm going to be installing built in water dishes. something i've been wanting to do for awhile, but just never got around to it. i might end up either adopting a few crabs soon, and if i don't i'm going to look into getting some new ones i think. there will be plenty of room and i'm also working out an idea for 2nd levels in the tanks that i've been tinkering with. i'll post again with pics when i get it all done.

large e

medium e

helmut smallest e

found two more pictures i had in my computer of cherry, and one of the medium straw
 

three more of cherry, this first one's a little blurry, i think i was too close.

 

cherry, male

i ended up taking a lot of cherry i guess, he's just so well behaved. he just sits there, i really didn't even have to hold him still for the pictures, lol. he's also very people and crab friendly and will take food right from my hand when i offer it. his antenna and eyestalks are much more stubby than most pp's that i've seen. and he's starting to look very ashy as you can see in some of the pictures, so a molt might be coming on soon. he doesn't like to climb as much as blindy, but one of his favorite places is to sit in a half of a coconut shell.

 

blindy, female

when i first got her one of her eyes was all brown, and i thought she might be blind in that eye, hence the name. now i think both of her eyes looks the same, so i don't know if something just happened to that one or what. she's very people and crab friendly, doesn't mind being held or handled at all and will take food straight from my hand. loves to climb on anything whether it's climbable or not.

 

one more of medium straw/female 

medium straw, female

probably the most friendly to people in the bunch, i couldn't get her to go in her shell to get a good claw/opening pic. i even touched the top of her head lightly and she still stayed out. also really likes swimming in the deep pools, and her and the little one tend to follow each other around and hang out together a lot.


 

one more of biggest/female for some reason it didn't feel like adding it to the last posting :P 

biggest straw, female

as a kind of a warning, i've never held her in my hand, she gets a little happy with opening her claw really wide when i pick her up by the shell, and i've been pinched bad in the past by ones this big, so i tend to let her be crabby all she wants. i hadn't noticed until i went to make sure she's really a she, but aparently she lost the leg on her left side coming out of that last molt. not entirely sure why, i had a divider up so i know the other crabs had nothing to do with it. even though i'm wary of handling her she's very nice to all the crabs she's with, and i have them in with e's right now, the little one likes to climb on her and she doesn't mind.


 

little straw, female

not sure why she's in this triton kind of shell, there's lots of turbos in the tank but she seems to like this kind. loves to swim in the deep pools a lot, and chirps for no reason, at you, a shadow, the thunder, when she falls off of something.... lol


 

hermie pictures! :D

here's hermie! he got really dark after his last molt.














pinching my finger while i try to get a picture, lol!















so i put him down to take a few more pictures :D














and he decided that the photo shoot was over, and ran to the coral cave.

just some pictures of the guysos

everyone's grumpy but fine

well, aside from the fact that they did not like being in tupperware, in a box for the better part of a day, everyone is doing fine now. the temps a little lower than they're used to, but i'm working on it, and i can't seem to remember where i put clean feeder shells... :/ oh well, pics of the ginormous 55 gal coming soon!! :D