Molting, PICTURES!!!

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Allyb01
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Molting, PICTURES!!!

Post by Allyb01 » Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:06 pm

Over the time period that the HCA was down for maintenance, I've had a lot, and I mean A LOT, of molts. Twinkie has been molting like crazy and now is GIANT. Ahh! Little Nugget is not so little anymore and now fits perfectly into Bumbi's old shell. And SQUIDGY!!!! He decided to molt right beside the glass! So when I saw him just laying there for days, I decided to cover the little hole where I could see him with black electrical tape. It started his molting IMMEDIATELY! I took a peek a couple days later and this is what I found...Image ImageImage
As you can see, the pinky little skinny part is Squidgy. The other old, dry-looking part is his exoskeleton. I watched him for a few seconds munching on the exoskeleton but then replaced the tape. It was AMAZING! I'm so glad I go to see this.Image


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Re: Molting, PICTURES!!!

Post by hermitcrabdc » Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:17 pm

Congrats on the molt! Neat picture too :)
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Re: Molting, PICTURES!!!

Post by Neona » Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:59 pm

That is very neat! What a cool thing to be able to photograph.


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