newly molted and now almost out of his shell

bbdoll22 · Post by **bbdoll22** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:12 pm

my crab molted, he was under for 3-4 weeks and came up 2 days ago. this morning i noticed him half dug in the sand and now 9 hours later he is in the same spot but now almost all out of his shell. what do i do, i don't want to hurt him but i don't want him to die!! please anyone any help would be appreciated

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:25 pm

Is your temperature to hot? Sometimes they do hang out of their shells for that reason...

bbdoll22 · Post by **bbdoll22** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:09 pm

jenniferc21solidgold wrote:Is your temperature to hot? Sometimes they do hang out of their shells for that reason...

my temp is 78-80 degrees, i think this is good, right?

bbdoll22 · Post by **bbdoll22** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:16 pm

oh i forgot to mention his soft tail, i guess that what you call it, it's his farthermost part that's used to always be in the shell, it is yellow! is this normal and am i even posting under the right topic? if not please feel free to move it to the proper one as i don't know how to do it. thanks again.

bbdoll22 · Post by **bbdoll22** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:02 pm

my little guy didn't make it. thanks for the help though

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:06 pm

So sorry for your loss