I got Stubby as a pity buy, he was in a football helmant. He was in dire need of a molt. It took about 2 months for him to change into a different shell, out of thehelmant.
So he went down to molt the first time, and one day I wake up seeing another crab wearing his shell. I thought maybe he came up, but no. I search around and he is naked, freshly molted, missing 1 leg. I reshell him, and he streaks right after I put him back in the tank. That happended about 5 times.
So he finnaly stays in a shell, and about 1 month later, he goes down to molt. As I was cleaning thetank, I acidently stumbled upon him, but he had not molted yet, but looked like he had been in some sort of attack. I put a little garden pot over him, and about 2 weeks later, I check him out. All the exo was eating, but he was not right.
3 of his 4 legs are botched. One is about twice as long as another, 1 is twisted, another is extremely short. His pincher also had patches of exo still needing to come off, but I was able to gently scrape it off.
He went naked within the 1st hour of being in the tank. I quickly ISOed him with some shells, and it took him about in hour to change. So I put him back in, about 2 hours later he is naked. So I put him in ISO all night, and he kept the shell all day. I then ISO'd him in the main tank, in a corner shower caddy.
He is very listless, and hasn't really been moving. The poor guy can bearly move. He has done this to me before, but I am so worried.
I feed them an allnatrual diet, courtesy of THHC. What do you guys think happended, and what should I do? Thanks guys!
Edit: He's also missing his little pincher.
I am curious about the status of the crab that goes naked quite a bit. Did the isolation inside the tank help? Is he shelled and happy now?