Winter emergency

[HermitCrabmomma616]

I have 4 PPs 2 are molting underground and it’s a blizzard outside and I’m going somewhere else for the night can I put my 2 PPs in a critter carrier for the night or will they kill eachother (there medium-large)in my original tank everything’s good like the substrate humidity temp water and food.



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[wodesorel]

They should be okay to stick together if you're worried about a power failure and it getting too cold. Individual cups would be safer, just because they can get scared and panic, and hurt each other by accident.

Honestly, if you have any fears of loosing power and the temperature in the house dropping well below 65, digging up the molters and putting them into individual cups (like sour cream containers) filled with moist moss may also be a good idea. It's a risk, but cold is more dangerous.

[HermitCrabmomma616]

I’m not worried about a power outage my main tank is ok for my molters I just have to spray my tank a lot to keep up the humidity for my other 2 while I’m gone for the night

[wodesorel]

I would leave them all in there then! There will be so much more stress from moving them around, then a little low humidity will cause overnight.

[HermitCrabmomma616]

Thankyou

[curlysister]

As someone who lives where there are blizzards and other terrible winter weather, I agree. I have actually never moved my crabs out of their tank. We had the power go out for about 6 hours once, it was a winter storm and the outdoor temp was about -15C. I heaped a LOT of blankets on top and around the tank, and the temp only dropped to 70 in that time.