Spencer is TWO!

Today is my little crab’s birthday.

My little bug is two.  Two whole years with this little one.  I couldn’t be more grateful for the time I’ve had with this little crab.  I’ve been preparing for his birthday for a few months now, giving him pre-birthday treats along the way because you never know with these pets.  In the wild they can live for decades, in captivity it could be months, so you really don’t know how long you’ll have together. 

Of course that’s terrifying, but at some point the fear becomes customary enough that you can think about what it really means.  I live in the present with this crab.  Who knows what tomorrow will bring so I might as well enough now as much and as fully as possible.  And all I want in life is someone consistent to love, so it’s been a joy to spoil this little crab.

He has three water dishes (purified, salt and electrolyte), two sponges, two food dishes (he keeps outgrowing them), currently he has four extra shells in his tank (but we’ve definitely been through at least a dozen), a climbing branch, his hermie hut (half a coconut with a carved out entrance), a humidity gage and temperature gage, a humidifier and heat lamp, two kinds of food, two kinds of dirt, and a giant plastic tree (the one he was in when he was missing), 

So what else is there to get him for his birthday?

- A new kind of food

- A new shell

- Organic maple wood rings that I’ve read they like to chew

- TWO reptile hammocks

- An extra sponge

- And a new food dish (which is glass so it’ll be easy to clean and he can’t get too big for it and I’ll be able to hear when he’s eating and clawing for more food) 

We also have activities: a photo-opp with the three little hats I made for him, as well as an art project: I got acid-free, non-toxic, pens and I’m going to tape them to him and have him walk across canvas for special Hermit Crab Art.  It’ll be great once my nocturnal bug wakes up.