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When I got the crabs, I knew they would shed their shells when they became too big for them. After they molt, they hide and allow the new exterior tissue to harden. I certainly wasn't prepared for how frickin' weird this would be.
This afternoon, I noticed Flotsam (the larger crab) was a very odd reddish color. I opened the top of the aquarium to get a closer look, but she didn't move. (She always runs away when you open the lid.) I was concerned she might be sick, so I took a closer look. It was then that I realized there were no eyes. The protruding little eye stalks were gone and there were just holes in their place. At that point, I assumed she had molted her shell and was hiding from me. After dinner, I checked on her again. And there she was sitting atop the rock cave enjoying herself. Her skeleton was still sitting outside the cave in the water. I scooped it out with a spoon and stuck it in a bowl.
Just looking at it freaks me out. It is completely intact, even all eight little legs and the pinchers. If you flip it over, there is a flap where she backed out of the shell. I can't bring myself to touch it just yet. It's just too weird.
Here's a picture of the skeleton:
In other news, I finished my knitted purse. I felted it this morning and hung it up to dry. I used some lovely yarn I snagged off eBay. I made it wider and a bit shallower than the pattern called for. I also used three different colors (purple, grey, pink) because I didn't have enough of just two colors to make it work properly. And, I made the handles a bit longer so I can put it over my shoulder.
This is what the purse looked like before felting:
And this is the final product. I threw a few things in it to give it some depth before I took the picture. It can easily hold a large hardback novel (we're talking Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince big) with some yarn/needles and a snack. Which is exactly what I need it for.
I promised![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
neriah a bag after I finished mine. If you're reading this, you want crimson-ish colors, right? Like a sunset? Let me know and I'll get to it.
This afternoon, I noticed Flotsam (the larger crab) was a very odd reddish color. I opened the top of the aquarium to get a closer look, but she didn't move. (She always runs away when you open the lid.) I was concerned she might be sick, so I took a closer look. It was then that I realized there were no eyes. The protruding little eye stalks were gone and there were just holes in their place. At that point, I assumed she had molted her shell and was hiding from me. After dinner, I checked on her again. And there she was sitting atop the rock cave enjoying herself. Her skeleton was still sitting outside the cave in the water. I scooped it out with a spoon and stuck it in a bowl.
Just looking at it freaks me out. It is completely intact, even all eight little legs and the pinchers. If you flip it over, there is a flap where she backed out of the shell. I can't bring myself to touch it just yet. It's just too weird.
Here's a picture of the skeleton:
In other news, I finished my knitted purse. I felted it this morning and hung it up to dry. I used some lovely yarn I snagged off eBay. I made it wider and a bit shallower than the pattern called for. I also used three different colors (purple, grey, pink) because I didn't have enough of just two colors to make it work properly. And, I made the handles a bit longer so I can put it over my shoulder.
This is what the purse looked like before felting:
And this is the final product. I threw a few things in it to give it some depth before I took the picture. It can easily hold a large hardback novel (we're talking Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince big) with some yarn/needles and a snack. Which is exactly what I need it for.
I promised
neriah a bag after I finished mine. If you're reading this, you want crimson-ish colors, right? Like a sunset? Let me know and I'll get to it.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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I love reading about your crabs - what cool and unusual pets! I take it they have stopped trying to eat each other now that they are separated?
xxx