Is there anything I can do to make it easier for him until he molts and regenerates his limbs? I would be very sad to lose him.
This lot hasn't shown any signs of PPS at all either. We're still getting used to each other but they didn't dig in or anything. They're not particularly active but they're usually out and about, climbing or eating or unloading an extraordinary amount of poop around the crabitat. They're a little jumpy when I'm cleaning but I think that's mostly because they don't like shadows overhead. And I'm destroying their artwork of course.
Humidity and temp are generally 80/80. Playsand to sandcastle consistency. Aquafina with pure sea salt ( no clumping or iodine additives). They have half a conch shell and a coconut hut to hide in. Plus I have a second conch that has the inner curl still intact. It's funny because they'll tuck their legs into that shell and have their shells facing outward.
Advise me, oh wise ones! What else can I do for these guys?
July 19th So this morning, I went in to feed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (it's chicken and corn day!) and I saw Blackbeard's shell sitting on the shell pile. I picked it up and was ready to cry, thinking he must have died during the night and the other two had moved the shell. Then I realized the little bugger was still in it! No sign that he's molted yet so I gently put him back. He crawled into the coconut hut. I think I heard crabbie muttering.
He still has a bottle cap of water and a bottle cap of chopped apple with a honey+calci sand mixture in the hut, so I'll let him be.[/b]
. however, she was very ill and never ate or drank. it seems like your little guy is a lot more up beat and mobile, and is perfectly capable of regrowing those legs in a molt. does he have little gel limbs on those areas yet? they look kinda like little gel nubbins where the limbs should attach.