Visual Diary

Our hermit crab Fred hasn't been very well for two weeks

since he emerged from (what we think) was a moult. I hope he picks up.

Our hermit crabs look like they're arguing over a shell.

Recently I've noticed that Rosie's been growing too large to properly curl up into her shell. I wondered why she wouldn't swap into one of the spare shells in the tank. Perhaps they were too large.

Yesterday I bought a variety of smaller ones and added them to the tank.

Success! A few hours later she had moved into a new shell. I was so excited.

I brought the class hermit crabs home for the holidays. It is autumn, and

cooling down of a night. There are three in the tank. Sam was hiding beneath the wood.

My students 4GK, named their three hermit crabs today. No one knows which

are male or female so they guessed.
From left to right we have: Sam, Rose and Fred.

I spent a long time getting aquainted with these little guys. I bought them yesterday

for my class (from the pet shop). They are land hermit crabs and not sea hermit crabs.

Today I bought my class three hermit crabs. Unlike their name suggests, they prefer to live with other hermit crabs otherwise they could get lonely and die.

I placed them in a plastic food container as my fish tank is at school.

The first thing they did in that container was try to escape. I laughed as I noticed that they do not understand the concept of going around one another. They push and shove or climb over the top of whatever is in their way. LOL