Molting or???

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fancyhedronbabydoll
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Molting or???

Post by fancyhedronbabydoll » Thu May 31, 2012 9:57 am

Okay as i posted before on one of my previous disscussions I posted was about my new tank. So yesterday I got my new tank ready. I chose to use EE and play sand. I put all three of my crabs in. Hedron who is a male, ping pong ball size, fancy who is unknownd about the size of quarter, and babydoll who is female and small, nikel to quarter size. After a few minutes they were all exploring and having a good time. Last night before going to work(I work graveyards) Fancy was hidden, he/she had burried themself. Hedron was still out crawling around in the EE. and Babydoll was resting by the fresh water dish. This morning when I got home. I can see the top of babydoll's spotted shell in the EE, and the top of Hedrons chocolate brown shel in the sand. I checked the temp and my humidity guage, it was all optimum. Hedron is the most active, baby is shy but she comes out a lot and is always in the salt water(as of late), Fancy is really shy. It is very seldom that he is out. When he is its usually to ta. ke a dip or to eat, he's been chowing down lately. These are all the reasons why I think they may be molting, especially with the new bigger tank with deeper substrate. Should I be worried or leave them be and assume that they are molting?
2 PP's: Hedron(male) and New Guy(male)
2 cats: Rukia(female, calico) and Onyx(male, black)

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Re: Molting or???

Post by CrabbyMom33 » Thu May 31, 2012 10:37 am

They may just be digging down to test out the new substrate, or they could be molting. As long as the conditions are all good I'd leave them alone.
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Re: Molting or???

Post by fancyhedronbabydoll » Thu May 31, 2012 3:23 pm

When I woke up today, hedron had dug out of his hole and was sitting by the food bowl and I can still see the top of baby dolls shell, but fancy is hidden. My humidity is running high. should I open the lid a little bit?
2 PP's: Hedron(male) and New Guy(male)
2 cats: Rukia(female, calico) and Onyx(male, black)


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Location: Arthur, Il

Re: Molting or???

Post by fancyhedronbabydoll » Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:24 am

Fancy finally showed up today. SO he was burried for about 2 days. Hedron has dug a hole but isn't covered up, and Babydoll hasn't been very active. So just testing it out then?
2 PP's: Hedron(male) and New Guy(male)
2 cats: Rukia(female, calico) and Onyx(male, black)

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