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Old 11-Oct-07, 05:53 PM
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I Have Crabs

Hey all! Well, I was awoken early today by the arrival of a package that I have been awaiting for some time.

I bought 10 Inland Freshwater Land Crabs ('Desert Crabs') off bylo, and 6 centipedes and a UV blacklight torch... Everything came within one day of being posted and was packaged excellently and arrived safe! Thank you bylo!!! I'm very very happy with all these purchases (visit www.thegreenscorpion to see what you can buy)

Anyway, these are two of the baby centipedes I managed to get (the other 4 look similair). These guys are tiny and damn quick so forgive the crappy camera work please.




Very cute. Anyway, now for my main purchase! I opened up their container to find a bunch of very cute little crabs, and they really enjoy their enclosure.. So much so that I can't find any of the suckers because they've all hidden away!!! As soon as they came out of the package, they legged it for the water or for the shelter. These photos aren't the best, and I'll try and get more when they settle in a bit more. For the moment they run when they sense you coming!











Please don't use these photos for anything as they're for bylo's use only! Anyway... I'm very happy and can't wait til they hurry up and get used to being near me!
 
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nice those crabs look cute , congrats
 
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i love the crabs! nice pedes 2~!: D: D
 
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wow, that is really cool, could you post pics of the entire enclosure? And also how many are you housing in there? Are you planing on breeding them? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just interested lol
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Old 11-Oct-07, 06:09 PM
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How big are the crabs? And what sort are they?
Good eating?
 
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Old 11-Oct-07, 06:11 PM
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wow, that is really cool, could you post pics of the entire enclosure? And also how many are you housing in there? Are you planing on breeding them? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just interested lol
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Photos of the entire enclosure is under a thread called 'Crab Tank' in 'Other Animals'. I think I have about 12 in there (ordered 10 but some were small so I got extras).. It's amazing how well they escape the surface because I can only find about 5 at any one time. If they breed they breed (and I think I'd be the only person to do that in captivity...?) but if they don't I'm not fussed. Still working the kinks out of feeding etc.
 
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nice crabs LOL
but they are very cute
 
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Old 11-Oct-07, 06:13 PM
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Tat - they range from about 3-4 cm across to about 6 or 7cm across. Inland Freshwater Crabs... Too little to eat, I figure.
 
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Interesting little fellow - I am quite tempted
 
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Congrat's on the new baby's , they are very cute and I wouldnt mind some myself
 
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They're great but they're also good at hiding... I'm trying to put a filter into the water side, but it's proving harder than I thought...
 
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They're great but they're also good at hiding... I'm trying to put a filter into the water side, but it's proving harder than I thought...

nice crabs, did you pick them up at the vet ball
 
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Hahaha nnnooooo why? Hahaha.. how did you know that was on the other night? Or was it a lucky coincidence?
 
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Hahaha nnnooooo why? Hahaha.. how did you know that was on the other night? Or was it a lucky coincidence?
hahah i was invited but didn't go, althoguh i did have a lot of wasted fun at the after party last year. i was going to say at one fo the smoko's but the vet ball was convienently recent
 
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Old 12-Oct-07, 12:13 PM
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Someone is particularly well-versed in the vet school social life! Vet ball was off the hook. Got to bed at about 5.15am..

Anyway... Crabs.
 
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