Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

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Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

Post by Sparroww » Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:18 pm

I think my crab is about to molt. It is hanging halfway out of its shell and it’s doing it for 24 hours now. It’s on the surface what can I do to make it pleasant for it and it’s tankmates

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Re: Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

Post by curlysister » Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:28 pm

If it is surface molting, you will need to protect it from your other crabs, but isolating it.
How deep is your substrate?
What are you temp and humidity readings?
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Re: Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

Post by Sparroww » Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:41 pm

It’s dug itself in the corner by the heating pads. And it is not responsive to noise like the other crabs. The substrate is 4 in rn and deeper in some pockets. I was going to add more, but then it started acting strange so I decided to wait. It would sit in the corner not moving, but when my friend visited it leaned out of its shell, and never went back in. I don’t want to pick it up in case it gets stressed. The temp is 75°F and the humidity is 80%. The temp was 77 earlier but I lowered the heat bc I thought it was overheating.

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Re: Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

Post by curlysister » Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:12 pm

So it is underground now?
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Re: Hermie hanging halfway out of shell

Post by Sparroww » Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:14 pm

It’s in a shallow hole but it’s accessible to the other crabs it’s by a corner so it’s hard for me to reach it . So it dug but it’s not completely underground.

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