Little crab trying to molt question

[fancyhedronbabydoll]

My smalled PP babydoll is trying to molt, I think, she was looking around for a shell today so I thought she may change but she didnt. I was wondering if you think you have a crab that is try to molt can you put them in ISO to see? Then how do you know if they are going to molt then?

[HermitCrabCare101]

Well if you know for sure it's molting then you can. Here are some pre-molting tips to help you out:Less activity, less antenna activity, drinking and eating more than usual, and t=sometimes there's a little black spot just before their abdomen. Hope this helps!

[CrabbyIrene]

Crabs will change shells before a molt or after a molt or sometimes just because they find one that fits better and some change all the time. Other things to look for when a crab may want to molt soon is lots of digging, eating a lot and drinking a lot and then all of a sudden they have a big decrease in appetite, exo starts looking dull. But only your crabby knows for sure. Personally I wouldn't iso, I think it stresses them out, I let mine molt in the main tank. Not sure how many crabs you have but if you have 4, for example, then you would need that many iso's! I have 12 and I have no room or money for that many spare tanks mine go in iso only if there is a problem-another crab dug a molter up or there was a fight and someone is injured. I have a 5.5 gal for iso that is up and ready to go at a moments notice but that's it.