Long story short, the owner agreed to get rid of his painted shells, and also agreed to let me come in and make him a brand new crabitat. He gave me a pad of paper to write down my name and address and all the things he'd need, then told me he'd order them tonight. I'm so excited! All the future crabs will be set in there so long as the employees are briefed on the things that need to be done daily/weekly/monthly for these guys.
Edit: also after i got everyone home, bathed them and got them in their new home, Norbert immediately went about switching his crappy small painted shell for a nice big natural shell
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