Naked Crab

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Naked Crab

Post by DaTrininator » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:08 pm

My crab in a isolation tank named webby just molted, so I picked him up to give him a bath and he jumped out of his shell when I picked him up. He jumped into my dresser (thank god I had the dresser open) so I put him into the tank again and he went into his shell after two minutes not sure what to put this post in so I put it in emergency. I will post the tank conditions below.
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Re: Naked Crab

Post by cRABB3R&w[]FE » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:14 pm

What type of crab ? I have heard that some E's make a habit of bailing out of their shells if they get picked up???


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Re: Naked Crab

Post by DaTrininator » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:23 pm

Purple pincher
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Re: Naked Crab

Post by soilentgringa » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:29 pm

There is no reason to bathe a crab after it molted unless others are attacking it or there was a surface molt.
It was probably startled/stressed.

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Re: Naked Crab

Post by wodesorel » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:42 pm

How long is "just"?
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