- Mr Grey (or LazyBum as my mum calls him) is more timid compared to Mr Orange. He doesn't venture out of his shell to walk around that much.
- BUT, Mr Grey's much more motivated by food and water than Mr Orange. Put in a new type of food and he'll be the first one at the food bowl. Mr Orange will still be stoning somewhere else in the cage. Mr Grey's also the one to be drinking from the saltwater bowl more often.
- Mr Orange seems to be much more subdued now. During the initial two days, he was climbing here and there, digging here and there, irritating Mr Grey by climbing on him, irritating me by scratching against the corner of the tank, so on and so forth....But he's quietened down alot and spends more of his time hiding in his shell now.....
- Hermit crabs are scavengers in the wild and I read online that because of that, you need to include a variety of other foods in their diet, apart from their usual dry food pellets. And so....I gave them lettuce and bean sprouts yesterday. They really did eat the vegetables! :)
- They like digging. After I change their fresh and saltwater bowls and smoothen down the sand a little, by the next morning, the sand's a mess again. My mum calls them "Naughty Crabs"
I think, if I've the time, I'll create a special playpen for them, something separate from their tank. Perhaps I'll use a cardboard box and in that box, I'll give them some obstacles and maybe some food too. No water though, lest they spill everything and wet the box.
Read online that we need to give them baths too. Dunk them under running lukewarm water for awhile. Either that or dunk them in a bowl of dechlorinated lukewarm water. You can add salt if you want to as well. Will try this in the next few weeks maybe.And I thought they'll be easier to care for compared to hamsters....hmm. Seems to be more effort now haha....
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