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my crab just molted, left his shell, and i can't find him.
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:40 am
by gui
hi, this is Gui, my little hermie surface molted and i went to check on him and found his shell turned over and it looked like he had been eaten, I cried for about an hour then i pulled what i thought was what left of him out of his shell.I saw it was only his exoskeleton, But I can't find hermie anywhere, could it be possible that he is alive? could he have went underground without a shell?
Re: my crab just molted, left his shell, and i can't find hi
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:36 pm
by GotButterflies
gui wrote:hi, this is Gui, my little hermie surface molted and i went to check on him and found his shell turned over and it looked like he had been eaten, I cried for about an hour then i pulled what i thought was what left of him out of his shell.I saw it was only his exoskeleton, But I can't find hermie anywhere, could it be possible that he is alive? could he have went underground without a shell?
Hello Gui. More than likely he is still in his shell, just way back in the shell so you cannot see him/her. Put the exoskeleton back so that he can eat it. If you have more than one hermit crab, this crab needs to be isolated. Please put him in a critter keeper inside of your tank so that heat/humidity can be the same if you don't have an iso tank. There is also a reason he must have surface molted. Please fill out the following template so that we can help you figure out why. Good luck! Oh, and no, he would not have dug down without a shell.
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Re: my crab just molted, left his shell, and i can't find hi
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:23 pm
by piratetoothgir
Hey! Welcome to the HCA!
GotButterflies said, that he probably is in his shell, but when crabs first molt, they appear to be "smaller" than before. This is mostly because they are freshly molted, and haven't hardened, or colored back yet. I would also advise you to isolate this molter if you have another crab, we wouldn't want any injuries to occur!
Hermit crabs don't really enjoy digging without their shell, as they are often very weakly after molts, and don't seem to want digging at that time.
What are you feeding your crabs? I would really suggest filling out the emergency template.
Re: my crab just molted, left his shell, and i can't find hi
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:05 am
by courtbri
Any updates on this crab?
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