Tuesday, August 7, 2007

WE ENTERED WANTING A HERMIT CRAB AND LEFT WITH A HERMIT CRAB PLUS ALL THE LATEST HERMIT CRAB ACCESSORIES

MY TRIALS ARE OVERS!
JESUS H CHRIST I'M GLAD I'VE PASSED THAT LITTLE OBSTACLE BY, NOW THERE'S JUST MA MAJORWORK DUE NOT THIS FRIDAY BUT THE NEXT, AND MY HSC FRENCH SPEAKING FITTING IN SNUG AFTER THAT
HENS. HENS ARE GREAT! JESUS H CHRIST THEY ARE SO CUTE. THEY WENT TO BED AT 5.30PM TODAY! I WENT TO CHECK ON THEM AND THEY'D VOLUNTARILY (ACTUALLY THEY ARE A LITTLE WARY OF THE CATS AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN THE YARD) GONE TO THE UPSTAIRS OF THEIR COUP (IT'S A TWO STOREY COUP THEY'RE THE FUCKEN CRAZIEST HENNIES IN TOWN!). THEY JUST WALKED UP THEIR LITTLE RAMP IN SINGLE FILE AND WERE SETTLED DOWN (OK I LIE!! I PEEPED IN THROUGH THE LITTLE PEEP HOLE AND OH MY I SAW AND HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF A RUCKUS) SO I PULLED UP THEIR RAMP AND THEY'RE ALL SETTLED DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.
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WE GOT DANIKAY HERMIT CRABS AS PART OF HER PRESENT. I LOOKED AFTER THEM FOR THE NIGHT PRIOR TO HER BIRTHDAY AND I BECAME VERY ATTACHED! THE CRAZY RUCKUS ONE IS CALLED VOLDEMORT AND THE DOSILE LITTLE BABY IS CALLED BUBBALINA. DURING MY TIME WITH THEM I HAD TO CONSTANTLY REFILL THEIR TROPICAL ISLAND POOL BECAUSE VOLDEMORT KEPT DIGGING AROUND IT AND MAKING A RIGHT OLD MESS UNTIL I'D REFILLED IT SO MANY TIMES AND HE'D SPILT IT SO MANY TIMES THAT THEIR SAND WAS SOAKED. SO I CHANGED IT BY DIGGING UP THE SAND AND REARRANGING THE TANK SO HE COULDN'T DO IT AS MUCH. THE NEXT AFTERNOON WHEN DANI AND PHIIL CAME OVER TO PICK UP DANI'S PRESENT WE COULD ONLY SEE VOLDEMORT AND I/WE GOT REAL WORRIED THAT I'D DUG UP BUBBALINA WITH THE WET SAND AND THAT SHE WAS HISTORY! NOT THE CASE, AFTER INCREDIBLE DIGGING WE FOUND HER NESTLED UNDER VOLDEMORT, AND I WAS OFF THE HOOK!
THEY LIKE DIGGING. SOMETIMES THEY CAN NESTLE AND HIBERNATE FOR UP TO 4 WEEKS. A WEEKLY SALT BATH HELPS SHED THEIR EXOSKELETON. EVERY 3-5 MONTHS THEY WANT TO SWITCH SHELLS TO A HOME THAT'S MORE ROOMY AND ACCOMMODATING. 21-27 DEGREES IS PREFERRABLE, HUMIDITY IS VITAL FOR LIFE
I LEARNT SO MUCH ABOUT THESE LITTLE GUYS FROM ONE DAY WITH THEM! GIVING THEM TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER, THE BIRTHDAY GIRL I DIDN'T REALISE HOW MUCH I WAS BABBLING
I'LL BE A GOOD MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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