surface molt

[Mbailey]

My hermit crab did a surface molt and I filled out an emergency form and figured out that it was most likely because I had the wrong kind of substrate. I didn't want to move him to replace the substrate until he had fully recovered from molting, but my other hermit crab kept crawling on top of him and bothering him so I put him in iso in a small container filled with play sand 4 inches deep, salt and fresh water, and food. He's been eating the exoskeleton but other than that he hasn't eaten or drank anything as far as I can tell. He's also been very lethargic, but I know that's normal for a molting crab. The thing that worries me is that he still hasn't buried himself in the sand or anything and I thought that molting crabs were supposed to do that. He just sits on the surface, sometimes even on his side with his legs exposed. He molted about a week ago and his condition hasn't changed. Should I be concerned about this?

[JoeHermits]

If he surface molted he won’t dig. Right now his exoskeleton is hardening and he is too weak to move, anyways. Keep him in iso until he’s walking around as normal.


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[Mbailey]

Thank you!