14 Months Underground

[julie71e]

2 of our 3 Hermit Crabs have been underground since Oct 2017?!?! That's 14 months. Does it ever take 14 months to molt?

There's no fishy smell (we have 8 inch deep sand). I've even gotten a flash light and looked through the bottom of the glass aquarium to see if I can spot them. I can't.

In the past, these 4 year old crabs molted for 6-9 weeks tops.

Should I assume they died?

[crabby33]

14 months is way too long for medium crabs to molt, unless these are jumbos which doesn’t sound like it if they normally took 6-9 weeks. Something may have gone wrong during that time. If they passed away during a molt, you wouldn’t smell anything with 8 inches of substrate.

[JoeHermits]

Fourteen months would be long even for a jumbo. If you’re sure they’ve never come up, you may want to start planning to dig.


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[julie71e]

Thank you both for your replies.

Sadly, you were correct. Both Shelley and Brittany had passed

My husband dug them up today. We moved Alvin into a smaller tank with new sand and surroundings. He seems very happy.

[ROSIEonFIRE]

Sorry for your loss

[RiNiKy506]

I’m so sorry you lost your hermit crabs. <3


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