EMERGENCY Is My Hermit Crab Okay?!
EMERGENCY Is My Hermit Crab Okay?!
My Hermit Crab, Lola has been laying sideways in the waterdish for a day now. The water is gone cause I didn't want to drown her, she is pale and out of her shell, she was staying around the water for days and molted about a month ago, I am very worried something is wrong please help.
Re: EMERGENCY Is My Hermit Crab Okay?!
Has she eaten/shown interest in food at all? Or she’s just been laying in the dish? If she’s moving at all, try offering her some eggshell and honey. I haven’t had my babies for a little while now but I remember that was always a good pick-me-up when they were sick/recovering from a molt. Check for that notorious death smell, maybe she could have just surface molted or something?Ghedora wrote:My Hermit Crab, Lola has been laying sideways in the waterdish for a day now. The water is gone cause I didn't want to drown her, she is pale and out of her shell, she was staying around the water for days and molted about a month ago, I am very worried something is wrong please help.
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Re: EMERGENCY Is My Hermit Crab Okay?!
Hiya, sorry this is happening!
Unfortunately things don't sound good for your crab... hermits dehydrate rapidly when not in their shells & this can be lethal. They often abandon their shells when I'll or excessively weak because they can't support the shell's weight.
Your crab won't make it if it isn't reshelled. If still able to move he can be placed in a cup or dish with a little dechlorinated fresh water in the bottom and a clean shell or two to choose from. If his abdomen is sandy, it can be ri rinsed in freshwater. Cover the dish to give him darkness for a half hour or so & check on him.Hopefully he will chose a shell.
If he is inactive you will likely have to reshell him. To do this, take a light shell in one hand & hold the crab gently by the back with your other. Ease his abdomen into the shell. You may have to repeat this. The abdomen is delicate, so err on the side of caution.
If you cut & paste the emergency template, we can see if we can figure out why this has happened.
Unfortunately things don't sound good for your crab... hermits dehydrate rapidly when not in their shells & this can be lethal. They often abandon their shells when I'll or excessively weak because they can't support the shell's weight.
Your crab won't make it if it isn't reshelled. If still able to move he can be placed in a cup or dish with a little dechlorinated fresh water in the bottom and a clean shell or two to choose from. If his abdomen is sandy, it can be ri rinsed in freshwater. Cover the dish to give him darkness for a half hour or so & check on him.Hopefully he will chose a shell.
If he is inactive you will likely have to reshell him. To do this, take a light shell in one hand & hold the crab gently by the back with your other. Ease his abdomen into the shell. You may have to repeat this. The abdomen is delicate, so err on the side of caution.
If you cut & paste the emergency template, we can see if we can figure out why this has happened.
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Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(