Molted

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Molted

Post by Kinah19 » Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:53 pm

I had my first successful molt this past week. It me me a minute before I realized that he came up from the sand . His exoskeleton is under the sand but I guess the sand filled his hole because of him and my other crab crawling around and I don’t know where to look for his exoskeleton. Is that okay?


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Re: Molted

Post by wodesorel » Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:47 pm

They eat their exoskeleton before coming back up on their own. So long as he wasn't disturbed and came up early, you don't need to do anything! You may find a piece of leg or claw later on that works its way to the surface, but they usually do a good job of eating nearly everything.
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