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I noticed in one of the other post something about bottle capping and molting hermit. what exactly is bottle capping
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This isn't something you're supposed to do with a molting crab that's doing well. This is more of an emergency ISO method. If you bottle cap, its because things have gone wrong somewhere down the line. You want to make sure the bottle has something, (like moss or a damp cloth), to keep it dark inside and that the top of the bottle is removed so that air can get in. I also like to give a few spritzes of mist in there once every few days to keep it moist. If you're doing it as intended it won't hurt the crab, as you know exactly how the crab is situated, (Surface molt, dug up molter, etc). This is not something you ever want to try on someone who's molting naturally and in a well concealed location.
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