Naked crab won't go in shell

[Moonlightdreams]

I just converted your temps to Fahrenheit and -1 degrees Celcius is 30 degrees Fahrenheit. That's below freezing. I don't know if I misread but I don't know how your tank can be that low.

22 C is about 71-72 F. Still on the low side, but not freezing!

[PinchersAndShells]

Oh. I read somewhere that the smell of a molting crab smells tasty to them so they go to eat them


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Actually, the crabs will bury themselves under the substrate when they go to molt (which makes it so they can't smell each other) so they will be fine as long as they aren't surface molting.

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[Madi.crab]

I have an update on Uma. Mum said she has left her shell again, mum respelled her for a second time for me because I'm at school. Is there any reason she would be doing that? What am I doing wrong?


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[Madi.crab]

At the moment she s hanging limply just inside her shell. I think she might be dead but she doesn't smell yet. What do I do? Would she be molting? Or is she actually dead


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[wodesorel]

I just converted your temps to Fahrenheit and -1 degrees Celcius is 30 degrees Fahrenheit. That's below freezing. I don't know if I misread but I don't know how your tank can be that low.

22 C is about 71-72 F. Still on the low side, but not freezing!

That's as low as PPs can handle safely for any length of time. I was under the impression Aussies required more though? How much below 22 would it have dropped, as anything below 20 is the danger zone?

[Madi.crab]

It could have dropped to below 15 degrees. She was near the heat mat too so she would have been warm. At the moment it's 25 degrees. I don't know if she is dead or not though. She is still hanging out of her shell limply


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[GotButterflies]

You definitely need to try to get the heat up. What kind of heat mat do you use? Some can be insulated which is why I ask.

In the meantime you can insulate the rest your tank. You can use aluminum foil, shiny side facing the inside of the crabitat. Then, do a layer of cardboard or styrofoam. This can help get the heat up. You can also try drying warm blankets/towels without a dryer sheet and drape it over the tank to help warm it up. You can do layers of this.

Try offering raw honey also. If you have access to bee pollen that would also help.

Good luck! Going to tag @AussieJJDude for input on Aussies

[heyitseggs2]

I just converted your temps to Fahrenheit and -1 degrees Celcius is 30 degrees Fahrenheit. That's below freezing. I don't know if I misread but I don't know how your tank can be that low.

22 C is about 71-72 F. Still on the low side, but not freezing!

She said that her tank was -1 degrees Celcius

[soilentgringa]

They said that it was -1°C in general not that their tank was. It's winter in Australia right now.

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[heyitseggs2]

Oh, good. I was gonna say...

[Madi.crab]

Unfortunately Uma didn't make it. The temp is 25 degrees at the moment so I have got the heat up. Why would she have left her shell twice and then died?


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[piratetoothgir]

Unfortunately Uma didn't make it. The temp is 25 degrees at the moment so I have got the heat up. Why would she have left her shell twice and then died?


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I am sorry to hear that!


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[heyitseggs2]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Learn from your mistake and remember to keep your tank temps high.
My thoughts and prayers to you and your crabs.