Picture of an exoskeleton

krabby_katie · Post by **krabby_katie** » 22 Jul 2008, 06:56

Jorgen had a surface molt. So, this is what his exoskeleton looked like. I took the picture last week. Here's a picture for the curious: (click the picture, it's a lot bigger)

Chermo · Post by **Chermo** » 22 Jul 2008, 08:35

Do you have that substrate all over the tank? Could that be why he surface molted because he had no where to dig under and molt? Oh and by the way great picture. I wondered what it looked like. So he is in the shell next to it then? I would love to see a picture of the exo and newly molted crab, it would be cool to see what he looks like after the molt.

krabby_katie · Post by **krabby_katie** » 22 Jul 2008, 09:09

No, I have sand on the other half. And yeah, he is in the shell.

HermieLove19 · Post by **HermieLove19** » 23 Jul 2008, 00:29

Thats a cool picture. Is that what hubert ate?

krabby_katie · Post by **krabby_katie** » 23 Jul 2008, 04:11

Yes...

Stupid Hubert. Now Jorgen will probably die. I haven't seen him move in days

Post by **Wai** » 23 Jul 2008, 21:51

You must supply Jorgen with plenty of calcium and spirulina to compensate for Hubert's selfish act, if you want to save him. Our Doctor has been formulating her calcium theory for years and believe me, she'd be urging you to supply Jorgen with plenty of calcium if you want any chance of Jorgen surviving.

krabby_katie · Post by **krabby_katie** » 24 Jul 2008, 01:01

I put a lot of crushed cuttlebone in there and stuff like that. He won't eat though...

vckums · Post by **vckums** » 24 Jul 2008, 07:36

Can you get some shrimp from the grocery store? Not pre-packaged. The shrimp have exo's on them, you could offer him those and hopefully that would help as well. Also offer spirulina, honey, cuttlebone, proteins. Keep the foods right by him so he has a chance of getting to them.

krabby_katie · Post by **krabby_katie** » 24 Jul 2008, 07:41

I have freeze dried shrimp. Is that okay?

Post by **Wai** » 25 Jul 2008, 18:45

I think you should try hand-feeding him. Get a toothpick or a new, cleaned paint brush. Grind the cuttlebone until it is a fine powder. Put a small dab of honey on the toothpick/brush and sprinkle some of the cuttlebone powder onto it. Then position the toothpick/brush in front of Jorgen's mouthparts and wait for him to reach out for the honey and cuttlebone powder with his mouthparts.

If you don't try, the chances are that Jorgen will fail to harden and die. You may as well give hand-feeding a try. If he doesn't eat, then he will be unlikely to recover.

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