He’s also started digging…not burying but digging a hole and sitting in it.
He doesn’t seem to have a food sack, not that I can see.
I put Trooper in the ISO tank before work on Tuesday, in a hole but not buried…fresh water and food… moisten the sand so its just a bit clumpy like recommended.
I came home and Trooper was still sitting in the hole but he had been in the water dish cuz it was sandy. The humidity was pretty high, over 80 so I took the sponge out.
I gave the others a run and play and decided to see if Trooper was interested since he wasn’t completely withdrawn in his shell. So he poked around real slow and I misted him a bit which he always seems to like. He was definitely pokey so I put him back in the ISO with a couple chunks of plum and some pellets. He was digging around so I left him.
Wednsday a.m. he is back in the hole I made but deeper and almost completely buried. I can see about a 50 cent piece size section of him. He also buried the FOOD DISHES!!! I’m assuming the food too because he definitely hasn’t been eating much. So since I could see him I looked careful and found the dish. I know I need to find that plum before it rots.
After careful sifting I found the other dish and all the food including the pellets. Tuesday night I specifically gave him 3 pellets and 2 chunks of plum so I could see if he was eating. I found all of it so he didn’t eat anything.
I may be giving too much food in general but I’ve never been able to tell if my crabs have eaten any of it or not…that’s why I put a specific amount in for him.
Thursday:
Still buried but before bed he had uncovered himself a bit. I put fresh food in for him, this time some turtle pellets.
ISO
75 temp 79 humidity
MAIN
73 temp 76 humidity
This a.m. Trooper wasn’t in the same hole, he had dug a different one and was down it in and I could hear him scritching around on the glass…still didn’t eat though.