Dropped crab!
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:35 pm
Hi everyone,
I have a jumbo crab with a pretty thick shell, and he loves to climb. As I was holding him (above my bed) today he climbed up my arm and lost his grip and rolled off, landing on the hard carpeting below, a couple feet of a drop. He landed on his shell but had no visible cracks or marks and almost immediately was out and walking again, antennae wagging. He also still has as strong a pinch as ever in his big claw.
I'm simply very worried that the impact hurt him because although I know they keep water in their shells after bathing, water leaked from his shell as soon as I picked him up off the ground and I'm very concerned for him. What can I do?
I have a jumbo crab with a pretty thick shell, and he loves to climb. As I was holding him (above my bed) today he climbed up my arm and lost his grip and rolled off, landing on the hard carpeting below, a couple feet of a drop. He landed on his shell but had no visible cracks or marks and almost immediately was out and walking again, antennae wagging. He also still has as strong a pinch as ever in his big claw.
I'm simply very worried that the impact hurt him because although I know they keep water in their shells after bathing, water leaked from his shell as soon as I picked him up off the ground and I'm very concerned for him. What can I do?