Thing in substrate? Help

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Thing in substrate? Help

Post by Hershozz » Mon Nov 14, 2016 2:40 am

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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Post by aussieJJDude » Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:53 am

It looks like a leg to me.
Is it hollow? If so, it could be part of his exoskeleton that he didn't eat.
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Post by GotButterflies » Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:05 am

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

Post by Hershozz » Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:51 am

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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Post by Just Jay » Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:15 pm

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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Post by aussieJJDude » Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:41 pm

Hershozz 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
The moult is fast, but its not that fast! :D 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 movement
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