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by jesstheginger
Mon Feb 13, 2017 10:08 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit Crabs Keep Dying
Replies: 2
Views: 1025

Hermit Crabs Keep Dying

1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Sand and EE mixture, about 5 inches deep 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually read? Yes, they are stuck to the side of ...
by jesstheginger
Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

Hi, all. I just wanted to let you guys know that the poor guy passed on. I went to check this morning and change out the food, and he had moved closer to the water dishes in the tank. I noticed that he had something funny on his body and I picked him up to look and it was mold and he smelled really ...
by jesstheginger
Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

UPDATE: I definitely do not think he's dead or anything because he's been out of his shell laying like that since Friday and the iso doesn't smell like a fish market or anything. The temperature and the humidity have both been consistently in the mid 80's over the past few days, and I have a cardboa...
by jesstheginger
Fri Feb 03, 2017 6:29 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

update: This morning, I checked before I went to my classes and my guy was just kind of chilling out in his hut, nothing unusual. I tried to feed him again, and he got kind of fussy and didn't want anything to do with me or the food. This afternoon, I came home and found him like this, almost all th...
by jesstheginger
Thu Feb 02, 2017 12:24 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

Update: I got the poor guy into the isolation tank and got him all set up last night. I went to the store and got some organic chicken baby food and put it on a q tip for him to eat as well as some peanut butter. He has all of his legs except for the pinchers, so he can come out of his shell and mov...
by jesstheginger
Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:12 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

I have no idea what kind of log is in the tank. I just bought it from the pet store.
by jesstheginger
Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Re: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Sand, about 4 inches. I recently just switched from a sand and EE mixture to just regular sand until my pet store can get more EE in. 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they locate...
by jesstheginger
Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:25 pm
Forum: Emergency
Topic: Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers
Replies: 34
Views: 3758

Hermit crab dropped both of its pinchers

Hi! I have had my hermit crabs since late September and all three are purple pinchers. This morning when I woke up and went to check on them, I noticed one crab had dropped BOTH of its pinchers. I'm not really sure why. I have a ten gallon tank with a log and coconut hut for hiding, fresh water and ...