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Ray--Opo

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Haha I remember my grampa’s urologist- he went to college on a football scholarship. He was an offensive lineman. His ring size was an 18 - no way in hell he was gonna be my urologist
That joke was actually told to me by a doctor while he was giving me a prostate exam. I had to laugh.
 

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Look who came to say hello this morning, my emerald crab. Just after a fresh molt l, she is very active which is very unusual but not unheard of. She is double the size now and has regrown one of her legs that was missing when I got her.

Emerald crabs are marine animals and still need special salt in the water. Unlike the red claw crabs who are semi-aquatic, she needs to spend all her time under water. Usually, you have to have a well established marine tank before putting in an emerald crab, this leaves time for algae to grow which makes up most of the crabs diet. I experimented and cut out the middle man by placing rocks from my friends well established marine tank. They are covered in algae.

I haven’t heard of many people doing this before so I was excited about doing it. So far, I’ve had her for 6 months and she’s moulted 3 times.

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Ray--Opo

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Good morning everyone. Went to a feeding, petting zoo. They had a redfoot,5 sulcata's and some turtles. Also a 50lb snapping turtle. The sullies were rescued but are not being cared for properly there. I had a few stern words with the manager. We looked over the area and I gave some suggestions on how to make the enclosures bigger. (But not much bigger). Suggested a different substrate, landscape and a sprinkler system. They have everything there. I also told them I would pay for it. They were feeding them at 2:30 but we had plans so I couldn't be there.

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This is getting even more interesting. I've always loved the purple wild thistle for drying the flowers then using them in arrangement.
I love the look of thistle too. I had one pop up in my leopard yard a few months ago and I left it there so I could see the pretty flowers, but when it went to seed I quickly clipped the heads off so it wouldn't re-seed itself. Man, those things are lethal!
 

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Look who came to say hello this morning, my emerald crab. Just after a fresh molt l, she is very active which is very unusual but not unheard of. She is double the size now and has regrown one of her legs that was missing when I got her.

Emerald crabs are marine animals and still need special salt in the water. Unlike the red claw crabs who are semi-aquatic, she needs to spend all her time under water. Usually, you have to have a well established marine tank before putting in an emerald crab, this leaves time for algae to grow which makes up most of the crabs diet. I experimented and cut out the middle man by placing rocks from my friends well established marine tank. They are covered in algae.

I haven’t heard of many people doing this before so I was excited about doing it. So far, I’ve had her for 6 months and she’s moulted 3 times.

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I've always liked the looks of crabs, but have never had the occasion to keep them myself. This is a pretty cute little guy.
 

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Well, no yard work today. This is laundry day and plant watering day. Plus, I still have 5 large, heavy potted plants to bring out of the greenhouse. I think I'll try to do that before I water.

I'm so glad I don't live in Arizona. It was 104F here yesterday and my evaporative cooler wasn't working well, so I had to run the A/C unit. It's SO expensive to run that I really try to limit its use. My son-in-law came over last night and unplugged the holes on the cooler, so it's working fine once again. Supposed to be triple digit weather again today and for the next day or two. If I lived in Arizona I'd NEVER be outside in the summer. That's just too danged hot for this old body!!


Tucson, AZ 10 Day Weather
7:23 am MST
Print
DAY

DESCRIPTION
HIGH / LOW PRECIP WIND HUMIDITY
TODAY

JUL 14 Mostly Sunny
105°80°
10%
NW 10 mph 28%
MON

JUL 15 Mostly Sunny
108°82°
20%
NW 7 mph 23%
TUE

JUL 16 Mostly Sunny
108°81°
10%
W 10 mph 20%
WED

JUL 17 PM Thunderstorms
101°79°
40%
WSW 11 mph 34%
THU

JUL 18 Partly Cloudy
100°78°
20%
WNW 9 mph 34%
FRI

JUL 19 Partly Cloudy
103°79°
0%
WNW 11 mph 25%

How do they live in such heat?
 

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Good morning everyone. Went to a feeding, petting zoo. They had a redfoot,5 sulcata's and some turtles. Also a 50lb snapping turtle. The sullies were rescued but are not being cared for properly there. I had a few stern words with the manager. We looked over the area and I gave some suggestions on how to make the enclosures bigger. (But not much bigger). Suggested a different substrate, landscape and a sprinkler system. They have everything there. I also told them I would pay for it. They were feeding them at 2:30 but we had plans so I couldn't be there.

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Good on you Ray, I’m glad they listened to your ideas and improvements:)
 

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Look who came to say hello this morning, my emerald crab. Just after a fresh molt l, she is very active which is very unusual but not unheard of. She is double the size now and has regrown one of her legs that was missing when I got her.

Emerald crabs are marine animals and still need special salt in the water. Unlike the red claw crabs who are semi-aquatic, she needs to spend all her time under water. Usually, you have to have a well established marine tank before putting in an emerald crab, this leaves time for algae to grow which makes up most of the crabs diet. I experimented and cut out the middle man by placing rocks from my friends well established marine tank. They are covered in algae.

I haven’t heard of many people doing this before so I was excited about doing it. So far, I’ve had her for 6 months and she’s moulted 3 times.

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Hi Emerald Crab. Whatever you are doing must be working if she is now double the size since you got her. And I did not know that they could regrow new limbs.
 

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Well, no yard work today. This is laundry day and plant watering day. Plus, I still have 5 large, heavy potted plants to bring out of the greenhouse. I think I'll try to do that before I water.

I'm so glad I don't live in Arizona. It was 104F here yesterday and my evaporative cooler wasn't working well, so I had to run the A/C unit. It's SO expensive to run that I really try to limit its use. My son-in-law came over last night and unplugged the holes on the cooler, so it's working fine once again. Supposed to be triple digit weather again today and for the next day or two. If I lived in Arizona I'd NEVER be outside in the summer. That's just too danged hot for this old body!!


Tucson, AZ 10 Day Weather
7:23 am MST
Print
DAY

DESCRIPTION
HIGH / LOW PRECIP WIND HUMIDITY
TODAY

JUL 14 Mostly Sunny
105°80°
10%
NW 10 mph 28%
MON

JUL 15 Mostly Sunny
108°82°
20%
NW 7 mph 23%
TUE

JUL 16 Mostly Sunny
108°81°
10%
W 10 mph 20%
WED

JUL 17 PM Thunderstorms
101°79°
40%
WSW 11 mph 34%
THU

JUL 18 Partly Cloudy
100°78°
20%
WNW 9 mph 34%
FRI

JUL 19 Partly Cloudy
103°79°
0%
WNW 11 mph 25%

How do they live in such heat?
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CarolM

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Good morning everyone. Went to a feeding, petting zoo. They had a redfoot,5 sulcata's and some turtles. Also a 50lb snapping turtle. The sullies were rescued but are not being cared for properly there. I had a few stern words with the manager. We looked over the area and I gave some suggestions on how to make the enclosures bigger. (But not much bigger). Suggested a different substrate, landscape and a sprinkler system. They have everything there. I also told them I would pay for it. They were feeding them at 2:30 but we had plans so I couldn't be there.

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That is very sweet of you. It would be nice to see photos after the improvements have done.
 

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Hi Emerald Crab. Whatever you are doing must be working if she is now double the size since you got her. And I did not know that they could regrow new limbs.
It’s very freaky. It starts of as a little black stump where the limb used to be, a few days later the crab molts and Hey presto it’s back:D

They can even regrow claws
 

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