Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 23:17:42 GMT -5
I just purchased my first 2 E's yesterday from a Pet Supermarket in Ocala. They are the only place I have found so far that have anything other than PP's (around me anyways). At first glance, everything looks halfway decent in there, with the exception that they were using this blue gel-like stuff as their water, and that's it. No water dish, no sponge, just this gel. Then they opened the cage so I could look through and pick out who I wanted. There wasn't too much activity going on it there. I picked one guy up, and he was so big, and his shell was not. I showed him to the clerk and told him, "he needs shells, look how big he is!" He took him from me, and he's like, "Oh, he's dead." I knew for a fact he wasn't because I felt him moving but the poor guy had a shell maybe half the size of his body. I yelled that he wasn't and he put him back in the cage. Then he tells me "I can't stay back here, I have to stay by the register." But I think he didn't want to get lectured. LOL This was the case with quite a few of the crabs in there. If they weren't dead already. It was absolutely depressing. I asked the female clerk in there to at least try to sneak them some fresh water. She nodded like she would. I called their corporate office as I was driving home and the woman insisted she would call their district and make some changes.
Now my question...I plan on going back on Wednesday to get a couple more, I can't stop thinking about them. I know I should typically go for the more active guys, but the ones in the shells too small for them aren't as active. I want to try and rescue some of these guys, but I don't even know if they'll be able to get out of the shells they are in! How can I know if they are ok? Or is there a way to tell?
When I picked my 2 guys out yesterday, they left me unattended. If they do it again on Wednesday, I'm throwing a handful of their larger shells in there.
Now my question...I plan on going back on Wednesday to get a couple more, I can't stop thinking about them. I know I should typically go for the more active guys, but the ones in the shells too small for them aren't as active. I want to try and rescue some of these guys, but I don't even know if they'll be able to get out of the shells they are in! How can I know if they are ok? Or is there a way to tell?
When I picked my 2 guys out yesterday, they left me unattended. If they do it again on Wednesday, I'm throwing a handful of their larger shells in there.