Super long molt - it was successful!

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Super long molt - it was successful!

Post by Ps127v1 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:00 pm

I had a crab go down the second week of December. I had all but given up on him, but there was no oder coming from the tank, so I just continued to dilligent keep the heat and humidity up. Well, he came up two days ago and he is doing great!!!! I am so realived and and happy!

We had put my other crab in a ten gal iso when the first one went down, because he was sending out bad vibes like that he was going to ear him. Well, iso crab went down a few weeks ago, and he came up just a day before the other one.

Now they are together again, and they are climbing around and acting happy. They both have brilliant colors and the sharpest little legs!

I am so glad my little crabies are okay! It was a scary winter.

Has anyone else ever heard of a molt taking so long?
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Re: Super long molt - it was successful!

Post by CrabbyMom33 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:16 pm

That's just about 2 months and yes, they can take that long. I had a small once stay down for 59 days. I have a large that has currently been down since 12/17 and I'm starting to wonder about her, but I saw her in a cave at the bottom of the tank just over a week ago and she was moving.
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Post by wolfnipplechips » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:19 pm

I had a large that was down for 5 months. It was a hard wait. :P
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Post by Rocky » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:10 am

Patience is definately key when it comes to caring for hermit crabs ;)
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Re: Super long molt - it was successful!

Post by Ps127v1 » Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:14 am

wow wolf! That would very scary!

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