Molting or Dead?
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- Zygote
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Okay, so make a separate food, saltwater, and freshwater for her in the lego container and change it every other day to every day?
- Wai
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Yes. Hermit crabs should always have access to those three no matter where they are.
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- Zygote
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Okay. I'll post pictures up tomorrow.
Sorry for bomboaring you with questions. I have an anxiety issue and must know what is going on at all times, what I need, when I need it, etc. or else I get stressed out. >_<
Sorry for bomboaring you with questions. I have an anxiety issue and must know what is going on at all times, what I need, when I need it, etc. or else I get stressed out. >_<
- Wai
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- Zygote
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Okay, it's been about two months and I've seen nothing. Every once in a while (like, once every two weeks) I'll smell the substrate. It always smells fishy. Breeze hasn't moved. I checked on her yesterday, just to check for any signs of life, and I couldn't see her old or "new" body at all.
Still molting?
Still molting?
- Wai
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Re: Molting or Dead?
So is Breeze still on the substrate? Did she eat her exoskeleton? If not, is she still in the shell? Has she hardened, or has she died?
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- Zygote
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Breeze is still in the substrate. She has not eaten her exoskeleton, nor even moved since I placed her in the temporary "ISO". She is still in the shell. Nothing has hardened. That's the thing - I can't tell if she has died yet.
- Wai
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Is she in the withdrawn position in her shell or is she loose? If you can gently shake her body out of the shell, then she is probably dead.
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- Zygote
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Re: Molting or Dead?
I can't see her. At all. Sand is covering the opening, and due to the circumstances (if she is alive) I don't want to stress her out by dipping her in water, even for a second. But, from what I can slightly see, she is way withdrawn. I almost can't see anything. She is damp, so even if she was dead it would be difficult to shake her out.
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Re: Molting or Dead?
Pick her up and sniff to see if there is any fishy odour. What colour is her soft body? Is it pink or dark in colour?