My daughter has been asking for a pet for some time. I keep trying to convince her that one of the chickens, or guinea pigs, or bees that we already have can be her pet, but she says no. I tried hard to convince her that one of the daddy long legs spiders would make a fine pet, but she is far too discerning for such things.
Before Christmas we were walking by the river and something small in the water caught my eye. It was a tiny baby yabbie, maybe 1cm long. I caught it and we took it home and she fell in love with the little thing. That little yabby is her pet.
We have had a yabby as a pet a few times in the past. Yabbies are simple to feed, cheap to feed, very hardy, forgiving of downright putrid conditions, shed their skin to grow, become relatively tame, are quiet, they live for years, and this one was free. They are a great pet for a child!
As well as watching it, and feeding it, talking to it, naming it, and cleaning out its tank, my daughter put an empty snail shell in there for decoration.
The yabby has taken up residence in this empty shell. It sleeps in there, and spends a large part of the day hanging out the front looking reminiscent of a hermit crab. This is heaps of fun.
I tried to take some photos, they are a bit blurry, but you get the idea.
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| Yabby in a shell |
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| Yabby living in the snail shell |
Amazing, I never know they would occupy a shell
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