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February 28, 2006
Because a naked hermit crab looks like a snail with claws
Jamie is in her room, talking Doggie's ear off and banging on the wall. It's only been 20 minutes though *hopes*
Yesterday, I washed Jamie's sheets and the little fleece blanket she sleeps with. We have two blankets that I rotate, one blue with clouds, the other yellow with embroidered ducks on one end. Switching between them has never been a problem, til yesterday. I pulled out the yellow blanket "with ducks!" and laid it over her. She said she didn't like it. When I asked what she didn't like, she pointed at the embroidery.
"But they're ducks!"
She looks closer, "I don't like the snail."
Snail? What freaking snail? Oh, the one that's a quarter inch tall between two of the ducks. I'm pretty sure she didn't know there was a snail on the blanket until just this minute. I told her that Doggie would take care of the snail for her. That's worked so far. She even remembered when I left her for her rest today.
I wonder if this means the hermit crab I was going to get her for her birthday is a bad idea.
Posted by me at February 28, 2006 2:32 PM
Comments
In my experience, hermit crabs only stay naked when they`re about to die -- otherwise, they get back in their shells, pronto.
Posted by: L. at February 28, 2006 10:11 PM
Yeah, I only saw my crab naked twice - when he switched shells, and when he died. But if she hates snails so much, how much is she going to want a crab clicking around in her room at night?
Posted by: Becky at March 2, 2006 11:00 PM