Two crabs dead in their pool with no shell!

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Two crabs dead in their pool with no shell!

Post by SaraV » Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:12 pm

I have three hermies,I’ve had then for about a year. Over the last two days one I have found one completely of her shell a number of times, even though there’s a few different sized shells in their tank. I’ve noticed two to be out of their shells a lot (still in the shells but not hiding) then this morning I woke up to both of them with no shell on and one in each pool, non responsive I think they’re dead. 😭💔
The only thing I’ve done differently is turned off the heat mat as we’ve had a couple of 35-43 degree Celsius days here and didn’t think they’d need it through our summer.
I always dechlorinate their pools/baths, one is fresh water one is salt water. I do everything I can to take care of them I don’t understand what went wrong 😰

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Re: Two crabs dead in their pool with no shell!

Post by curlysister » Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:16 pm

Sorry to hear about your crab deaths.
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Re: Two crabs dead in their pool with no shell!

Post by Crabby in NJ » Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:02 pm

Sorry for your loss
Crabbing with my son now! My my, how things have changed!

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