advice please

[lemonlimebitters]

so i have newly purchased three hermit crabs 9 days ago. one of the crabs which was picked out had one injured and one missing leg. the missing leg had a small gel part forming in its place. this crab buried its self within 1 hour after being placed in the tank. i presumed he was molting.

tonight he has re emerged, un molted. i am concerned that one of the other crabs disturbed him by digging around where he was. he appears to be active and healthy, but im not sure whether i should separate him from the others incase he was disturbed whilst preparing to molt, or leave him be as he seems to be all right. opinions and advice please??

[hermitcrabdc]

All crabs will dig around for the fun of it, or to de-stress. This is especially common in new crabs who have just undergone much stress in the shipping process to the store. I think you should let him be, he'll molt when he's ready They're getting used to this new place they've never seen before. They just need some time to adjust.