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I found digger. You will never guess where he was. I was up early yesterday morning, and I look at the tank, and there he was, just sitting next to the food bowel!
The only thing that I can figure out, is he most have dug down somewhere in the substrate, and somehow I looked over him when I was looking through it.
The only other theory I have, is that alien crabs abducted him, and when they where down with him, they beamed him back into the tank:).
Anyway I’m glad he is back, and he seems to be just fine. He has dug another hole, and seems to be very happy just sitting in it. Oh, and below I have posted a picture of him.

A few days ago I wrote a post about a new hermit crab I got named Digger. Funny thing is, right after I got done writing that post, I got up and seen him looking around his new home. He seemed to be very content with it, and was getting along great with my other two crabs, but when I got up the next morning Digger was no where in sight. I looked through the whole tank, lifting up there log, and huts, but there was no trace of Digger, except for the little tunnels he had dug in the sand. I even looked through all the sand in the tank to see if he had buried himself in it, but he was no where to be seen. The only thing I could think of was that he had somehow escaped from the tank, and got loose in the house. So I looked everywhere in the house, and could not find him. The only way I can see that he could have got out, is by climbing up the corners of the tank where there is silicone for him to grasp on to. I have heard that it is possible for hermit crabs to do this, but did not give it a second thought. I guess I will have to invest in a glass, or screen top to cover the top of there tank, so no more of my crabs can escape, and ultimately die, by either freezing to death in are house, or by being played with to death, by are cats, and dog. I hope he turns up before its to late, and he can’t be saved. One way or another, I know i will find him, either by the stink of him rotting somewhere in the house (ewww :P), or by seeing him somewhere roaming around.

Well, I bought another hermit crab today. My big 55 gal. crabitat just seemed like it needed more life in it, so I went to the pet store (on a very cold, and snowy day here in Kentucky), and bought another crab. I have seen some very small ones at the pet store nearest my house (like the size of my finger nail small), but I decided to stop at another pet store, near where me, and my family where shopping today. They did not have any as small as I have seen at other pet stores, but they did have one about half the size of the ones I have now, so I bought him. He was the smallest they had. I did not know what to name him at first, but as soon as i got him into his new home, I knew what to call him! as soon as I put him in the tank he started digging down into the sand, so I named him digger. He is getting along fine with the other two hermit crabs, and right now, as I write this, they are sharing the same coco-hut. I also bought some Eco Earth substrate for them, and put it in there tank after removing some of there sand to make room for it. Piece by piece there tank is coming together. I will post a picture of Digger, and of my crabitats new look soon!

Ok, I posted an entry a few days ago, talking about my newest obsession, hermit crabs. Well, I just wanted to follow up on that entry, and show you some pictures I just took of my crabitat, and one of my crabs (Hermie). I would have taken a picture of my other crab lightening, but he was hiding behind Hermie (you can kinda see hes shell behind Hermie’s in the pic). I would have just picked him (or her) up and got a picture of him for you, but I just got done totally rearranging there habitat, and I did not want to stress them out anymore (they stress real easy, believe it or not). I had to rearrange everything because I tried out a waterfall Idea I had, but all it did was get everything in the tank soaked :(. Anyway hope you like the pictures, and I’ll put more up latter.

So I got some hermit crabs from the local pet store. I started out with one, and then found out that they are very social, and that they get depressed without a buddy, so I got another one. The second one I got is a lot more active than the first one, and they seem to get along very well. I even caught them talking to one another one night (they make strange chirping noises). I stated out with just a 10 gal. tank, and then found out my friend had a 55 gal. just setting around, going to waste so we decided to turn it into a giant crab habitat! I’m still working on it, but its looking good, and the crabs seem to love it. I’m even building a waterfall for them LOL! This all started out as a nice, little, cheap pet, but has turned into an obsession with me. When I go to the store, I find my self in the pets section, more than the electronics section anymore. I think there really cool pets, and I’m going to get some more, because evidently, the more the merrier with hermit crabs. Also if you what to learn more about them, or you think you might like to get 1…or 2, or 10 of your own, then please check out these sites I’ve found, they are very useful. Naturally Crabby is a great blog all about hermit crabs, and Hermit-Crabs.com is a great site for information on hermit crabs I’m going to get a video on YouTube of them soon, and also get some pictures uploaded as well. Also if you view my favorite videos on YouTube, you well see that the newest ones are of some cool hermit crab videos I’ve found.