Moo can't even fit his eyes in his shell!

[Dom :)]

I think he's stuck because it's a painted she'll help!

http://m.imgur.com/uPAxv3P

[Lutterback]

One of mine moved into a shell like that 3 days ago and it didn't hide his eyes either. Today he went under the sand and completely buried. I think it means they are getting ready to molt. I read somewhere that it is easier to dig in with a smaller shell.
This is my first hermit crab to molt so it is a guess.


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[Dom :)]

I deleted this comment so ignore this not the post this comment

[Dom :)]

One of mine moved into a shell like that 3 days ago and it didn't hide his eyes either. Today he went under the sand and completely buried. I think it means they are getting ready to molt. I read somewhere that it is easier to dig in with a smaller shell.
This is my first hermit crab to molt so it is a guess.


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It can't be that he just molted and painted shells are bad for crabs I just bought mine like rhat so if he JUST moved in from an other sell that means you need to take the painted shells of r of your tank and replace them with natural

[Lutterback]

Huh. We don't have any painted shells in our tank either. I guess I need to find out why mine picked a shell so small. It is a very plain and not even polished shell. I guess I will learn from someone else's opinion on this issue too.


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[KellyCrabbieLove]

It can't be that he just molted and painted shells are bad for crabs I just bought mine like rhat so if he JUST moved in from an other sell that means you need to take the painted shells of r of your tank and replace them with natural

I think they might have meant a shell that fit like that but I am not sure.

[Dom :)]

Huh. We don't have any painted shells in our tank either. I guess I need to find out why mine picked a shell so small. It is a very plain and not even polished shell. I guess I will learn from someone else's opinion on this issue too.


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OMG I'm sorry when you said a shell like that I thought you meant a painted shell sorry

[Dom :)]

But can someone help me? He's in a 10G (I have 14 at my dads in a 55G at my moms 2 in a 10G) with 5" of substrate. He's had one molt that lasted maybe two months.

[KellyCrabbieLove]

I had this happen with one of my little guys. He was really really stuck. I put him in the salt water pool for awhile until he came out on his own and when he tried again, after 5 good tries made it out of the shell. I was hoping the salt would leech some of the actual moisture from his abdomen like eating salty foods. I was pretty panicked and my husband was even more panicked but it worked itself out. It's worth a try.