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Oedipus Tries to Make a Run For It! 19 Oct 2012 | 09:32 pm
Crab lovers, don't forget to check on your crabs often. My Mom removed the aquarium cover this afternoon because she said it was extremely hot and the crabs needed some fresh air. A few hours later wh...
Do Ruggies Outgrow Violas? 28 Sep 2012 | 09:28 pm
I always thought that crabs who live together would grow at the same rate on average. I mean, I feed everyone the same food, water and they all experience the same temperature and humidity. Case in po...
Oedipus Molted Again! 9 Sep 2012 | 08:32 pm
After about months of waiting, Oedipus finally molted! He has been in the ISO tank for almost 2 months, and I was so worried because I didn't have enough sand with me and he wasn't totally buried. But...
How to: Make Dried Coconut Flakes 30 Jul 2012 | 04:10 pm
Here's part 2 of my previous post: "What to feed your hermit crabs". Happy Hermits stopped making dried coconut flakes, and I tried giving my crabs fresh coconut strips but the smell it leaves in the...
Good News: Sprite Molts! 30 Jul 2012 | 03:41 pm
Just sharing with you guys the new Sprite -- definitely more purple and with sharper claws to boot! Oedipus is up next! Did you know that Mr. PP stole Sprite's shell the moment I returned her to the...
Goodbye, Wanton :( 14 Jul 2012 | 06:28 pm
When I got home from Boracay, I was so tired and just wanted to lie down and go to sleep. On the way to my room, I looked into the aquarium and saw 1 empty shell. Hmm...I was pretty sure that before I...
Teeny Weeny has grown! 29 Jun 2012 | 02:01 pm
I last blogged about Teeny Weeny, my micro crab last December. It's been months and after 3 shell changes, this is how he looks now: Due to my busy schedule I was only able to check on my crabs today...
Crazy Over Walnuts! 15 May 2012 | 03:30 am
I've never seen my crabs get rowdy all at once until I gave them some walnuts (which I swiped from Mom's pantry, of course)! I was stumped one day and didn't know what to give them, plus I've been bus...
Deep Cleaning the Crabitat - take two! 6 Mar 2012 | 02:11 am
The last time I cleaned the crabitat, I was really unprepared. I didn't have clean sand available, and the cool weather made it impossible for the wet sand to dry on time. So this time around, I had 1...
New Year. New Eyes. 13 Jan 2012 | 08:50 pm
Remember Oedipus, my humongous crab with no eyes? I've been dying to see if crabs' eyes ever grow back as I've been getting different answers from forums since last year. But anyway, Oedipus greeted 2...
