My nearly 16 year old daughter purchased a hermit crab this past summer with her babysitting money. Now, I am not crazy about this . . ."creature". But last night it got out of its cage. How, I will never know. But fortunately her bedroom door was closed. It crawled out and down about three feet to the floor, then crawled over about another three feet to her printer which as close to the flooor, and crawled in. My daughter spent the wee-hours in the morning attempting to get it out. The crab's constant . . . "gnawing" woke her up. What was it chewing on?!
My mind is just "boggled" at the possibility if her bedroom door had not been closed. We have four cats and one large standard poodle. I seriously don't think it would have . . . survived. I told her this morning to put some weight on top of its cage since I do not want a repeat of this escapade.
What is it with hermit crabs? I see them nearly all over in retail stores - their shells are painted too! Why are we painting their shells?
Remember the story book by Eric Carle? "A House for Hermit Crab"
Thursday, October 04, 2007
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