Tuesday, January 11, 2005

   A veryimportant new addition to my life....
wow it's been such a long time since i posted, but i finally have time again.

my big news is that i am now the proud owner of a distempered hermit crab. he's such a darling. i never thought i'd become a crab-owner, but a friend gave him to me. i wasn't really sure what to do with him, or what to think. but i watched him sadly wandering around his cage, trying desperately to figure out a way to escape, my heart went out to the little fellow. i mean, cats and dogs are bred and raised to be house pets; to love humans and to be happy only when cooped up with love in a home. but hermit crabs--they can't breed them in captivity: so basically what happened is that one day, my little crab was wondering happily on a beach somewhere, and some fat-head with a net comes by, sticks him in a little box with a couple of holes poked in it, then puts him in a new and i might add, sissy-ly painted shell and puts him on display at the mall. it's sooooo sad. so i'm trying to take good care of him, because i can't release him back to where he came from.
i am a little scared, because he shows all the signs of molting--every so often, crabs shed their exoskeleotn and grow a new one--it's their only way to grow. it's kind of a dangerous time; all you can do as an owner is make sure he's got enough moisture, then sit back and wait.

Does any one else have a hermit crab? and do they have any advice?

OOOOOHHHH! and another very important thing! i need help naming the little bugger. nothing i've thougth of really fits. we've had Dr. Bob, Mr. Crabby, Scardicrab, Shelob, Sandy Claws, Jimmy, and Grumpy. the name that's seemed the best so far is Horatio (like from Hamlet; he's Hamlet's best friend and kind of side-kick, so it kind of works, b/c i often feel like Hamlet, except for that whole ghost of my father telling me to murder my uncle thingy). another thing to consider is that i might be gettting him a friend, since he's so lonely. and cleaning up after and feeding 2 isn't going to be that much more involved than cleaning up after 1. i'm pretty adept at spotting crab crap.
oh, remind me to tell you the "crab crap" incident.
gotta post this before the computer kicks me off!
~the Lady
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