Orangy Surface Molted

[Chermo]

Some of you may have read my thread in the streaking section about Orangy now here is other news about her.........

I had my first surface molt. Orangy has been acting weird and I she was dug up by one of my crabs 2 times so she finally found a place under the bridge in the tank (a fish tank bridge). I found her naked 2 times in a week. I put her in a cup with lots of shells in the tank with a towel over her and she picked Kermi's old shell that I removed the paint off of. I was scared that she was sick and dieing. I saw something under her yesterday so I picked up the bridge and her shell thinking I was going to find a dead crab and I saw pieces of legs all under her, I looked in the shell and there she was all nice and pink. I put her back down over her leg pieces and put the bridge back over her. I was so relieved that she had not died. I was upset about her being dug up twice and then out of her shell twice in the same week that I figured she was dieing, it never occurred to me that she was molting anymore since she was dug up twice.

[krabby_katie]

Well, it's good that she's molting. Hope everything goes good. I'd pop bottle her, just so noone disturbs her (if she isn't in iso).

[Chermo]

She is under the bridge right now and no one seems to be bugging her, I keep an eye on her all the time. Soupy is under the sand again (not sure what he is doing he likes to be under I guess). Kermi went over there one time and I pushed her out and she has not gone back since.

[krabby_katie]

Okay. Hope Orangy makes it through okay. I think I have a bridge like yours. I got mine from walmart.

[Chermo]

Okay. Hope Orangy makes it through okay. I think I have a bridge like yours. I got mine from walmart.

Mines from Petsmart, I love it. I works out great as a hiding spot for 2 crabs. They never climb it, well at least I never see them climb on it.

[erikleeson]

Well I'm glad everything is getting better, my crab has been down for like a month and a half, when they go down do they molt, harden and eat the old exo all underground? I hear they molt, dig up harden then eat the exo.

[Chermo]

The dig down, molt, eat exo and come back up after a destressing period I am sure since molting is very stressful.