Hello everyone. Before I begin, I'm not sure where to post this but I chose here since it kind of fits?
Just now I was checking my crabs and I noticed this weird...thing next to my food dish. It's a reddish color similar to my big crab, who is showing signs of molting, and it's also shaped kind of like a leg? But I can't tell and I'm pretty scared. I looked at him and his legs are all normal, none look different in any way.
I should mention this might have been under the substrate for awhile. He's been making huge messes and making mounds of it. The thing doesn't look like any food I give. I'm not sure what else to mention. Here's some pics:
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Thing in substrate? Help
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It looks like a leg to me.
Is it hollow? If so, it could be part of his exoskeleton that he didn't eat.
Is it hollow? If so, it could be part of his exoskeleton that he didn't eat.
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I agree, it looks like a leg to me as well. If nobody is missing a leg then it probably is old exo like aussiejjdude said.
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Re: Thing in substrate? Help
It's one side of a leg then but very soft. I was just scared he was somehow molting while walking... heh. I worry too much. Thank you guys
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I agree it looks like an old leg. The only two things I could think of that it looks like could be dehydrated shrimp piece. Though you covered it not looking like anything you feed them. Or it kinda looks like a piece of cco fiber. Hope alls well either way.
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The moult is fast, but its not that fast! To conserve energy, they will often dig down and moult in peace - and to reduce predation. Once moulted, they basically unable to move as they contain no "skeleton", so can't support movementHershozz wrote:It's one side of a leg then but very soft. I was just scared he was somehow molting while walking... heh. I worry too much. Thank you guys
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