True true. This is why as soon as I get my next paycheck, I'm ordering a python since I'll do water changes far more frequently if I get one. I'll admit to being more than lazy when it comes to water changes, because with a bucket, it's a lot of work.
I understand that the crab's preferred environment is brackish water, but I've heard from various fish stores that they do just fine in freshwater. Maybe they don't know what they are talking about. It's possible. The crabs I had that died were due to being eaten. They seemed alright with the freshwater, but who knows what's really going on inside a crab's head.
Speaking of doing well for animals, I just took in seven baby chickadees today. Their birdhouse fell out of the tree and was laying door side down for over a day before I heard their chirping and made the connection that they were IN the fallen birdhouse. BTW, these birdhouses were here when I bought the place. I've been meaning to take them down. Anyhow, I think the mother may have abandoned them after not being able to get to them. It's hard saying. I did a LOT of reading today, and basically it was pretty 50/50. If I take them in, they could die. If I leave them out there and the mother doesn't return, they WILL die.
So, now I have seven chickadees that I'll be taking care of for a couple of weeks until they are strong enough to try flying. Three of them are already halfway there. They don't really fly, but they can hover for a few feet about half an inch off the ground. Two others don't even know they are birds I don't think. They make absolutely no attempts at flight at all (I'll have to fix that). The last two are rather small and sickly... one especially so. I'm worried about those two. They look like they were the runts, and as such, not getting as much food as the others. I hope they survive. I got them a nice little cage and everything. It was only $15 for a cage and some finch food (I was told they are closely related to finches and they are very adaptable when it comes to their diet). I just hope it all works out.
I'm a mommy bird now!
Except that I'm a dude of course.