Hermit crabs

I think we've managed to kill the two hermit crabs.

The kids were yelling (two days ago) that Wade was spraying them with sunscreen. I brought him inside (punishment) but never went out to see if the crabs were ok.(my bad)

So, yesterday, I didn't see them moving around. Didn't think much of it, b/c they sometimes sleep, but this morning they were still laying on the bottom of the cage.

Took them out... cleaned out the cage... and found a layer of tan sludge all over everything (food, shells and bottom of the cage) Smelled like the beach.

Yes... is it was sunscreen.

As we speak the two crabs are in a ceramic bowl, where I put them to clean out the cage. But the bigger one (Meredith's find from the July 4th weekend in the keys) doesn't move its legs when you touch it. The little one is tucked inside very deep.

I kinda thought that they'd come out of the shells to die, so we are giving them a chance to move.

But they are not... :(