Found "Skin"?

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Found "Skin"?

Post by bellag33 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:16 am

Hi everyone, this is not an emergency but I am very confused and worried. Last night, my crab Bungie who had been down for a couple days came up and started eating from a food bowl that had been in for a couple days. This morning, I discovered a thin white piece of what looked like skin in the bowl. It was not in the shape of what I've seen pictures of exoskeleton looks like so I don't know what it is. The crab, Bungie, is gone so I assume he went back under the surface. I took the bowl out and washed it out as well. Does anyone know what this was?

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Re: Found "Skin"?

Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:07 am

Picture?

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Re: Found

Post by JulesRolyCrab » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:41 am

I think she washed it out...

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Re: Found "Skin"?

Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:46 am

That was my guess too but if we don't see it we have no idea what she is asking about. Lol like my 6 year old asking me "what's that?" In a huge store without even pointing. Lol

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Re: Found

Post by wodesorel » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:26 pm

Sounds like mold or fungus growth, if the food had been in for a few days. You can get some really bizarre looking growths sometimes!
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Re: Found "Skin"?

Post by bellag33 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:08 pm

wodesorel wrote:Sounds like mold or fungus growth, if the food had been in for a few days. You can get some really bizarre looking growths sometimes!
That's why I washed it out because that was my first thought! Thank you.

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