Hiding In Shell For 4 Days
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CrabbyJo
- Coenobita
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- Joined: 21 Jan 2009, 13:31
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 7
- Total gallons: 85
- Total tanks: 4
- Location: Alaska
Re: Hiding In Shell For 4 Days
Was he really light? Did his limbs break off?
6 hermit crabs - 3 PPs and 3 Equadorians
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CrabbyJo
- Coenobita
- Posts: 1849
- Joined: 21 Jan 2009, 13:31
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 7
- Total gallons: 85
- Total tanks: 4
- Location: Alaska
Re: Hiding In Shell For 4 Days
Have you read about molting? If not, please do read as much as you can, often a molting crab can look exactly like a dead crab, and the molted crab itself can be so far back in it's shell you can't see it.
If he fell out of his shell, did his abdomen fall out too?
If he fell out of his shell, did his abdomen fall out too?
6 hermit crabs - 3 PPs and 3 Equadorians
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ladybug15057
- Coenobita
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- Joined: 03 Mar 2008, 04:12
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 82
- Total gallons: 305
- Total tanks: 7
- Location: Southwestern Pa., U.S.
Re: Hiding In Shell For 4 Days
Please do answer the questions asked of you.
and for this:
and for this:
This is NOT uncommon for new hermies. They are totally stressed in the first place due to being ripped from their natural home and have undergone soooo much since their capture. To then be taken to yet another strange environment... your home that they are desperately looking for SOMETHING familiar to them. So please do leave them alone at this time and for a couple weeks after.My newest ones are incredibly active and I've been having them since last night!
Marie (aka ladybug15057)
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