HCA: Hermit Crab Association

so unfortunately squirrely has passed away this morning i went to check on him and he had a very fishy smell and still had not moved

CrabbyLover77 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:07 pm

If you never saw his Exo on the surface, then it probably wasn't a surface molt. Maybe he's feeling a bit better and that's why his color is coming back. I'll keep my fingers crossed for him. [emoji846]

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ok thank you

It's a def possibility he may pass away. [emoji3525] That's great you can get ahold of some local honey and bee pollen so fast. Hopefully it will give him a little boost. I like to run my eggshells through the food processor or coffee bean grinder to make them smaller and easier to eat. I think you...

I don't quite remember where I got the information from - but I was told that one of their sleeping positions is when they sit there holding their shell over their eyes and have their legs half sticking out. Found a picture.... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181004/762672cd95be1e0f13c8d79610172...

so yesterday i was super mothering and noticed EVERY detail on my little guy and he was extremely pale and his purple claw was open (not really significant but i noticed that) so this morning he still hasn’t moved he’s still hanging out of his shell a little but his coloring came back and his claw i...

thank you for all the help i’ll definitely keep you guys updated

so there’s a beekeeper down the street and she sells the honey and bee pollen i’ve already contacted her and im picking it up tomorrow i also added egg shells and what do you recommend as the best protein option for him

any help is greatly appreciated! thank you both for responding very quickly, from your understanding and the information i’ve given does it sound like he’s dying or could it just be since he hasn’t molted yet and the poor water conditions

and no i didn’t know to mix it with dechlorinated water i’ll start doing that from now on once i get the proper dechlorinator i usually just spray the tank with water

ok thank you! i’ll check out those links i hope he gets better

i just posted to the emergency forum

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his color looks a little faded but he was like perfectly fine yesterday and this morning this just started happening at 8pm

it’s almost 8pm i just got home and my hermit leeroy is walking around exploring and the other one squirrelly is has his legs and little feelers half out of his shell

omg thank you so much for looking at the tanks!!