Help Please!

[fang092]

Ive had this litter (used to be 7 now 5ish , Ill explain) Since the eariler part of this year Ive been observing these guys . Ive just lost recently the runt of the litter , a small purple and I think I just found the remains of another who up till recently I thought was okay , Cyclops. I found a dark purple clawed hermie ( I havent named all of them ) under the water bowl munching on the remains but no shell . The runt was also similar to this but I never found his corpse just the shell . What should I do? I think Cy was close to molt as was Pepsqueak . The darker bigger one never come out when held . The others I have are fairly social and dont mind me changing food and water infront of them. Im just afraid that this one hermie will keep picking off the others .

[Kermie16]

Oh no:( I think best thing to do is to fill out the emergency template under the emergency section so we can become more familiar with what u have going on in ur tank and what might be triggering certain behaviors.


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[LadyJinglyJones]

Here is a link to the template:


http://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/ ... hp?t=46102

Other crabbers can help figure out what the problem is if you fill it out!

[biancaalexis]

Ive had this litter (used to be 7 now 5ish , Ill explain) Since the eariler part of this year Ive been observing these guys . Ive just lost recently the runt of the litter , a small purple and I think I just found the remains of another who up till recently I thought was okay , Cyclops. I found a dark purple clawed hermie ( I havent named all of them ) under the water bowl munching on the remains but no shell . The runt was also similar to this but I never found his corpse just the shell . What should I do? I think Cy was close to molt as was Pepsqueak . The darker bigger one never come out when held . The others I have are fairly social and dont mind me changing food and water infront of them. Im just afraid that this one hermie will keep picking off the others .

Until you fill out the template and figure out the problem it may be best to ISO the hermie you believe is being aggressive


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[fang092]

Hiya,

I ended up posting on facebook because of a friend's suggestion , it turns out he was eating an exo, not another crab. Although looking at his coloring , I cant tell when his molt started or if its an exo from another crab. I think its from another crab because there was a crab with a missing eye stalk but now none of them are missing an eye stalk lol

[Kermie16]

Glad he wasn't eating another crab But I would suggest filling out the emergency template. Something may not be right with your crabitat that a crab is eating another's exo. What is expected is that the crab digs a tunnel down into the sub and molts there. There should be plenty of space for the crab to molt without being disturbed.


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