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New(ish) Crab and digging habits

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:40 pm
by HermitCrabs8763
I have a recently bought hermit crab. Her name is Bella. Bella digs down into the coconut fiber and doesn’t come up for a while. Is it because of stress or is she molting? She came up last night and went down again. She is also a pale tan.

Re: New(ish) Crab and digging habits

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:47 pm
by curlysister
This is the crab you said you got in early September, and have asked about this a few times now. In past threads, your temp and humidity have been low - what are they now? How deep is your substrate?

Re: New(ish) Crab and digging habits

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:22 pm
by HermitCrabs8763
The temp is usually around 75-80, the humidity is 65-70 and the substrate is around 1-1.5 inches thick. I plan on making it deeper sometime this week.

Re: New(ish) Crab and digging habits

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:17 pm
by curlysister
You said you were adding sub back in October. If the substrate is too shallow, she won't be able to molt safely.
You temp is okay but your humidity is still too low.

Re: New(ish) Crab and digging habits

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:14 pm
by HermitCrabs8763
Okay.