Hermies Deserve Presents Too!

Our hermit crab habitat project has come to an end! As a reward for all their hard work, we presented our hermies with a gift: a custom-made hermie hammock crocheted from all-natural jute! (Yes, yes, we DO spoil them!)

As soon as Mrs. Derringer hung up the hammock, Mr. Crabs surprised us all by getting adventurous and climbing right up onto it to check it out! Over the next few days, all the crabs moved behind it, using it as a new hide!

We also did a full clean-out of their crabitat and replaced all the old sand with fresh new coconut fiber. We added another inch or two of substrate to see if they seemed to like this better, and they burrowed down so far that we thought someone had crab-napped them! We really had to poke around carefully to locate them- Home Run was all the way down under the food dish, Mr Crabs was underneath the big blue plant, and Ranger was underneath the "I'm Crabby" sign.

We think that perhaps they wanted to dig deep to relax after all their recent crabitat adventures, and we are hoping that one of them molts before the school year ends so we can see what a shed exoskeleton looks like!