Patty died last night from PPS. PPS stands for Post Purchase Stress. For about a month after being purchased a hermit crab will feel stressed out and could lose arms, antennae, or eyestalks, or even die. Patty lost two legs.
So Willy won't feel stressed out from being lonely, I'm going to get another hermit crab Patty's size. You don't want to have two crabs of the same size or it could cause shell fights. Shell fights are pretty much just when a crab wants the shell another crab has. Patty couldn't have lost limbs and died because of a shell fight because Willy doesn't want a shell twice her size.
Before I get the new crab, I'm going to clean out the crabitat to get rid of the dead crab smell. Right now, sand from the beach is in the oven being sterilized.
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