Regenerated Legs

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Regenerated Legs

Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:27 am

One of my large indos ( this is a female one ), had been inactive for more than 1 month. In the isolation tank, I had to put her into the water dish or food dish - since she had difficulties to walk. She has molted one week ago and the legs have been re-grown ( she had lost 3 of her 4 walking legs ).

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Post by Guest » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:30 am

Congratulations! I'm glad your Indo grew its legs back. :)


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Post by Guest » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:44 am

Yay! Good work regrowing those limbs, little female Indo. :)

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Post by Kilimanjaro » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:30 pm

Wow that would be hard to get around with so little legs. I'm glad she regenerated well. :D

Great-looking Indo, too.

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Post by Rhoney » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:51 pm

Wow, your crabs are always so gorgeous, thanks for sharing and cheers for the sucessful regeneration
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Post by hermiefanatic » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:52 pm

congrats!


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Post by Guest » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:14 pm

Hard to believe those long legs grew from the stubby little gel legs. As usual, thank you for sharing with us.

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:37 pm

One of my straws has grown its new left pincer - and it is smaller than the right one.
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Post by MudCrabDude » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:33 pm

Wow, fascinating! 8)

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Post by Kilimanjaro » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:36 pm

That's very odd to see the two pinchers switched on the land hermit crab. What an interesting Strawberry!

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Post by Tetracolor » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:38 am

Your crabs are gorgeous! Hard to believe that those nice looking legs came from those stubs. Your Straw is interesting to.
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Post by Guest » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:42 am

I'm very impressed that you kept your Hermie's alive when they had lost the ablity to get to the food bowl.

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:26 am

Thanks ... this little indo has just also re-generated its missing BP:
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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:00 am

One of my blueberries who had lost his right pincer has grown a gel limb.
He has been burrowing in the sand since this morning - perhaps will molt in a few days:
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Post by Guest » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:10 am

Hi MH - As usual, I always thank you for sharing your amazing crabs, their diversity and the fantastic pictures you take of them.

I don't know if you're aware that we have a very real, and unsettling, dearth of exotics here in the US.

Are you able to export hermit crabs to the US? If no, would you please tell us why not. If yes. would you please give us more information.

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