Lost my Hermit Crab Exoskelleton.

Mileven1 · Post by **Mileven1** » Thu May 21, 2020 6:34 am

Lost my Hermit Crab Exoskeleton can anyone help!!

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Thu May 21, 2020 6:44 am

Hello

Welcome to the HCA! Do you mean you lost your crab?

Mileven1 · Post by **Mileven1** » Thu May 21, 2020 7:20 am

No

I lost my hermit crab exoskeleton whilst it is molting.

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Thu May 21, 2020 7:52 am

Is it molting above the surface? The hermit crab will eat it.

Xenocrab · Post by **Xenocrab** » Thu May 21, 2020 8:48 am

Yes, my crabbies eat their exo after molting too.

RiNiKy506 · Post by **RiNiKy506** » Thu May 21, 2020 2:12 pm

You can use Dungeness crab exoskeleton for a molt replacer, if that’s what you are looking for. Or pretty much any crab exoskeleton, I think.

Mileven1 · Post by **Mileven1** » Thu May 21, 2020 6:32 pm

It died the day after

Post by **curlysister** » Thu May 21, 2020 6:41 pm

Do you have other crabs? Would you like some help trouble shooting what might have gone wrong with your crab that passed away?

Mileven1 · Post by **Mileven1** » Thu May 21, 2020 6:54 pm

No I think I disturbed it to much since it is such a small crab that I didn’t think it was in there...

YouTube · Post by **GotButterflies** » Fri May 22, 2020 2:47 pm

I'm so sorry to hear that.

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