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Hi Marie, I didn't know that about the raw prawns! You may remember I had a bout of shell rot a while ago? Maybe that came in on one of the prawns I fed to
Hi Sheryn, You are lucky to have such clean beaches to be able to get fresh supplies all the time. Apart from it being illegal here to take sand from the
Hi Kimberly, When I purchased my big crabs one had a painted shell the other a natural shell. I gave them lots of choices and the painted shell one swapped
... natural shell? > Kimberly ... Being in a painted shell the chances are high (like 98%) that he was forced out of his shell...in not such a humane way