Dervish

Thanks to a comment from LHCrab_Fan, I have been reading up on the care of Hermit Crabs. I discovered that contrary to what the Pet Shop assistant had told me, Hermit Crabs do NOT do well in a plastic tank with a desk lamp to keep them warm.  In fact, they need to have humidity and places to hide and all sorts of other things.

So I went to another petshop and they had a second-hand HUGE glass tank for $50, it just had a little crack in the corner.  So Yaz and I managed to get it into our little Starlet and off we went.  But silly me went and took more advice from this petshop owner.  When I asked about sand to put in the bottom of the tank, she said “oh we just use kitty litter”.  So I bought some kitty litter (which is not the type of thing you can use second-hand haha, so it had to be new) and cleaned the new tank, carefully lined it with the kitty litter and arranged the shells, and various bits and pieces of their habitat, but they don’t like it

I am guessing it is the smell.  The kitty litter has a weird sort of a smell, and the Pippys (Yasmin decided they should all be called Pippy) are not moving around very much.  The temperature is right, but the humidity needs a bit of work.  I think I have to replace the kitty litter though

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