Then on September 28, I got them September 23, Herb dug down into the substrate. I assumed that this was him de-stressing due to being in the new environment and now being able to dig down really deep. Unfortunately my 10 gallon tank mysteriously cracked in one corner and spread all the way across, so I had to get a new one. I was hesitant to put them in the new one because Herb dug himself down, but the longer I waited the more the tank cracked and I got scared one day it would completely fall apart. So I started to set up my new 20 gallon tank on the 4th(October). When I was ready to move my crabs in I uncovered Herb a little to make sure he wasn't in the middle of molting, and he wasn't he was in his shell just chilling under the substrate. I carefully moved him to the new tank and I covered him back up like he was before. Instead of staying down there though he came back up and checked out the tank, ate some apple and honey, bathed in the pools, and then went right back to digging down. This time he chose to dig right underneath the food bowl. He dug down the 5th(October) and has been there since today. I don't know if he's once again de-stressing or if he's getting ready to molt. He dug completely down to the bottom so if you look underneath the tank you can see him, he's still in his shell but it's elevated up so the hole is facing outwards instead of towards the ground. I've seen him poke out and move around so he's thankfully not dead, but he's kind of worrying me because he hasn't come up to eat and only ate very little before he went down.
My other hermit crab Aduain, has left him alone the entire time. He's very active and runs and climbs around the tank all the time. Adu is not as scared of me and comes out if I hold him, only to run away after, I'm slowly having him get used to me.
Does anyone have an idea of what Herb is up to? Is he just de-stressing, or does he sound like he's about to molt? I've never had hermit crabs before and want to keep an eye on him if he's ready to molt and make sure Adu stays away from him if he does. If it helps I can also post pictures of Herb, I just don't really like shining a light on him.
Thanks!
