Crabby Update

The crab tank has been pretty quiet recently - after a couple of weeks of hubub after we changed to a new, larger tank everyone seems to be digging under again. Even the strawberries have disappeared!

This morning, I see Sonic, Alvin and George up and about, but no others, though there's plenty of evidence of overnight activity that (probably) wasn't just those three.

Historically, Sonic has been a quiet hermit crab, not as shy as some, but dug under a lot and not terribly active, at least during our waking hours. These past few weeks, he's become a lot more active, even climbing (?!) which is something he's not done much of in the past. He's almost always kept to the ground level previously. Lately, anything goes. He's even climbing in the tree now, which I've never seen him do!

Also, I'm glad to report that George seems to be doing a lot better. I don't think we'll probably lose him to the stress of his previously poor conditions after all. He moves around some now, rather than confining himself to a cave, and has even partially buried himself, which I think is a sign he's getting stronger.

I suppose I better find something for them to eat now. They completely dumped their food dish (again!) last night.