First Molt- He's UP!!!!

I'M SO HAPPY!!!
I just went through my first molt! i was sooo scared! Because my baby, Hurly, kept digging under dishes, he kept getting uncovered when he was under =[ i was scared he would die because of it =[ But, just now, after watching Resident Evil, I lifted the towel i place over the tank to keep humidity in an there he was! ontop of the cocofiber climbing wall! That's even more surprising because he's the never-out-of-the-shell-and-hidie kind of crab! he's all light-colored at the moment, with his "nails" all grown! he's not really bigger, though. I found bits of his exo, too! Everything seems to be in place, and i don't see any deformities. Yay! i'm so proud of him!!!

 

GRATZ!!! Yaya .. make sure you keep those exo bits in there for him! And cook him a congratulatory shrimp with shell still on

 

i am keeping the bits =] i think he's in the salt water right now. If i can get my hands on some shrimp, i totally will!

 

Or you could just give him Crushed egg shell * Mine carry the egg shell all over the place like crazy.*


Congrats on the molt.

 

thanks!!!

oh, i have some of that~ ^^

 

My guy did that too, hide under the salt bath dish, it was so humid under there, I never have to spray it lol, probably why he made a home there

 

lol probably! It's cute, but i got so worried i was disturbing him too much =/

 

It doesn't hurt to look in the cage to check up on them.

 

oh i know but i could never see him between the dishes and the UTH (and all the duct tape holding it on lol) and i only saw him when i was doing their water sometimes.

 

Most hermits dont look bigger after a molt, usually they look smaller for a while Congrats on your molt! If you cant get shrimp, hardboiled egg is good, you can feed them the edd with the shell crushed on it.
a little organic honey some worm casings or blood worms if you have them.
you can also sprinkle calci sand or grated cuddlebone over his food for extra calcium the next week or so.

 

okay! i plan on it! i'll even boil another egg for freshness! i got some calci-sand, too! Do you know how long it takes for them to get bigger?