Crab Color and Molting

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:06 pm

I had an come up from molting.

When we purchased him he was a gorgeous blue/gray color. We knew he was missing his BP. We felt sorry for him and decided he was the guy to purchase.

Upon closer inspection at home we realized he was missing 1 leg and his shell was cracked. There was a stub where his BP was. We assumed his injuries were the results of a fight (maybe more than one).

He is up from his molt for more than a week. He started off a light pink color but is now returning to his blue/gray color.

During the molt he "grew back" his BP and missing leg. Hurray

But those remain an almost white/light pink color. Will these limbs changecolor?

brad873 · Post by **brad873** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:03 pm

probably. a new leg doesnt just go back to 100% efficient. if you look, it should be more spindly that the rest, and the BP is smaller than usual. another molt or 2 should fix things back up

Tetracolor · Post by **Tetracolor** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:08 pm

Congrats on the good molt!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:15 pm

That is WONDERFUL news!!! Congrats!!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:45 pm

yay! congrats on the molt and new limbs!! :party:

Tremors · Post by **Tremors** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:27 pm

Congrats on the molt!

It's always exciting to see their gorgeous new limbs.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:29 pm

THANKS for everyone's kind words.

We have only been at this about 4 months. But boy have we learned A LOT from all the kind people on this website.

The last 3 crabs we purchased all had medical issues. It gives me hope that we can be successful at buying/rescuing the crabs that nobody else seems to want.

hermiefanatic · Post by **hermiefanatic** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:30 pm

hello! i had a crab with a leg missing. the first molt, it was regrown, but thinner and different colored. i have noticed after 2-3 molts alll of my crabs have had their leg regown, and it was the same size, color, and shape. good luck with your baby!