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Two New Crabs

After doing more research about how crabs like to have other crabs around, we decided to get 2 more. This time we were for slightly larger ones, and they are cute. The thing is, they are deathly afraid of us... maybe more so the kids, but they hide away all day. I haven't been letting the kids get them out too much because I've read crabs need a "de-stress" period. But on this particular day we were having fun with them. Joselyn let one of the new crabs, Dori, climb all over her. And then she held her... until it pinched her hand (which I told Joselyn she needed to keep her palm flat- they try to grab onto things and won't pinch if you keep your hand flat) It wasn't that big of an ordeal. Joselyn got over it almost immediately.












Then we let Dori and "Baby" (because she loves to put herself in corners) run around the playroom floor. Dori found a way up the baskets in the shelf. Great climbers! Baby found herself a corner and stayed there.






They've definitely been fun... but I think the kids are already bored with them. Wouldn't you know it?? I think it would have been best to keep the excitement of seeing them at the mall. The only great excitement we've had with the crabs was when the kids got 2 of them out and let them loose and forgot about them. Then they proceeded to dump out all the toys so as you can imagine- finding two colorful crabs among the mess was a task. We actually found one of them INSIDE a pillow case for a floor cushion we have! The other one was hiding behind a box.

Anyway, we'll continue to see how things go with our 4 little crabs!! (they LOVE rice cakes!!)

Crab and Crabby

When we were at the mall yesterday to get the ZOKU, the kids, as usual, wanted to go see the crabs. The lady there was especially friendly that day and let the kids hold the crabs. They fell in love with them and I kind of did too... so we came home with two crabs. My kids were very creative with their names. Despite my suggestions, they wanted Crabby (Joselyn's) and Crab (Landen's). It was kind of cute, so the names stuck.

We brought them home, played with them a little bit and I started reading up on how to take care of the little guys only to realize I had been misled a tad bit. The colorful gravel and small cages that they came with were not going to cut it. They needed sand to dig in, things to climb on, a friend to play with and a lot larger of a cage. Today I went out and bought some new things for them to make them more comfortable. I would have bought a few more playmates for them, but the ones at the pet store were infected.




After we got their new little home set up, the crabs were very excited. It was immediately obvious that they loved their new little home. So now I introduce you to Crabby, the little crab Joselyn picked out.







So far he's been the friendlier one of the two. As soon as we got him the sand though he buried himself deep inside. There are a few reasons I've read why he may be doing that, so I hope he's ok! Only time will tell. Sometimes they say it's just what they do to get used to a new environment.

Here's Crab, Landen's blue little crab. I love his shell. We are just making assumptions that all the crabs are male, lol.





We, including Adam, have all kind of become attached to these little crabs. They are fun to watch!





They also need a few days to get used to their new environment, so we will not be playing with them for a few weeks. I just hope I can keep these little guys alive!