HCA: Hermit Crab Association

So Cat is molting I think, but I feel like something has happened.i don't want to dig her up and scare her, but I have a really big feeling something isn't right. What should I do???

Everyone feels like that at first. Is this your first molt with Cat?
Also if you just got your little crabby and she went under ASAP then your little friend is just de-stressing from the long journey and probably getting ready to molt since pet stores don't give crabs the room to go under. So tbh you'd be doing her a huge favor by giving her the time to re-coupe. Plus digging up a crab really stresses them out, aiding in PPS and in most cases scaring them into staving off a must needed molt which causes a chemical to build up which is deadly to the crab. Otherwise if left to regulate eg, not digging up your crab, then it is harmless.


Mommy of 10 PP babies:
Poseidon (Sid), Toby, Matty, Junior, Aries, Kaylee, Turbo, Adrian, Pepper and Flower. RIP Octavius & Fred

Ye. If she is molting it'll be her first.
Okay. I had figured she had been molting because she had been eating a lot and drinking a lot.
Thank you so much!

AislinKnight wrote:Ye. If she is molting it'll be her first.
Okay. I had figured she had been molting because she had been eating a lot and drinking a lot.
Thank you so much!

Eating + drinking + digging in excess means gearing up for a molt Glad to help!


Mommy of 10 PP babies:
Poseidon (Sid), Toby, Matty, Junior, Aries, Kaylee, Turbo, Adrian, Pepper and Flower. RIP Octavius & Fred