HCA: Hermit Crab Association

SO like few months ago in mayb november or early december my hermit crab molted in this iso box that was relaly shallow but good enough for a medium crab to molt in, he dug underneath this food box i had and ever since he has molted there. SO occasianlly I check up on him and he sleeps or whatever and hes doing fine maybe? Today, I checked up on him and he ate all of his exo and he dug a little outside of his "cave" and when I checked on him he was awkae and saw me but he kinda slowly semi hide from me but when I checked again he was awkae and his body was outside like a regular hermit crab but not so good looking in color. SO whats happening and should I let him leave his molting cave or will he leave by himself?

As long as the tank conditions are okay, leave him be... Molts can change their coloring.

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a) If it's his first moult, it's common for them to loose their colour. The shipping process from the wild to your tat often leads to malnourished crabbies. It often takes a few moults before they regain their proper colouration.
b) If he has moulted with you before, directly after a moult crabs can look washed out. They will then regain colouration a few days afterwards.

Either way, he is fine.

aussieJJDude wrote:a) If it's his first moult, it's common for them to loose their colour. The shipping process from the wild to your tat often leads to malnourished crabbies. It often takes a few moults before they regain their proper colouration.
b) If he has moulted with you before, directly after a moult crabs can look washed out. They will then regain colouration a few days afterwards.

Either way, he is fine.

Should I let him be or should I do anything?

Let him be. He will come out when ready.