L. Parahybana is digging out his hide..

[Loafman]

I've been watching one of my L. Para's (Crichton) and for the last hour or so he has been digging coco fibre out of his hide (which is half a coconut shell) and piling it up to the side of his hide. He never uses the hide normally, so I have a feeling he is going to head in there and moult tonight, so it'll probably be while I'm in bed. I guess he's making sure he has room to moult properly as he is already about 4 inches approx, so there can't be much room inside the coconut shell.

Last time he moulted he flipped on his back next to the shell and got on with it.. white as a ghost when he was done. he did make a moulting mat though. I really should go to bed, but I'm too interested!

 

[Loafman]

Well, he hasn't moulted yet.. so maybe he was just doing a bit of house keeping.

Thing is, my other LP is doing the same thing now, which is strange. I'm currently filming it, and I've just watched it toss out it's old carapace from a previous moult..

I can't help but find it all rather fascinating..

 

[Enn49]

I'm constantly amazed at the antics of them.

 

[kormath]

My B. vagans spent hours expanding the area under her hide. then while i was sleeping she flipped the hide over in the space she just hollowed out. It's not quite a half circle of cork bark, kind of laying at an angle now upside down, and she spends a lot of time now resting on hide, like it's a lounger or something i guess since she can't budge the water dish she has she had to move something huh?

 

[Loafman]

My B. vagans spent hours expanding the area under her hide. then while i was sleeping she flipped the hide over in the space she just hollowed out. It's not quite a half circle of cork bark, kind of laying at an angle now upside down, and she spends a lot of time now resting on hide, like it's a lounger or something i guess since she can't budge the water dish she has she had to move something huh?

Haha! Yeah, my genics used to flip their water bowls when they were smaller, they don't any more though. They used to proper trash the place..

 

[IamKrush]

My LP has taken a liking of draging its water dish in its hide

 

[Loafman]

My LP has taken a liking of draging its water dish in its hide

Haha, I wonder what possesses them to do odd things like that?

 

[IamKrush]

Haha, I wonder what possesses them to do odd things like that?

They are interesting little critters

 

[Evanthomas]

Haha, I wonder what possesses them to do odd things like that?

Early signs of hoarding, watch out for that one