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Kaelink · 03-24-2008, 04:15 PM

Rex hasn't moved for a couple of days and, when I pick him up, I couldn't feel him moving in his shell like usual. (Still can't).
He was hanging out of his shell, not moving. I thought he was dead.

I was going to bury him in the garden today, so I picked him up. Much to my surprise, half of a crab fell out of the shell, still fully colored. I looked in the shell to find a very pink purple claw.

Hopefully he's still alive. :x I feel so horrible, moving him/touching him while he had been molting. I didn't know, since he was moving around and obviously pooing. Argh. Guess I'll have to leave him be and just wait it out for a few more weeks.

03-24-2008, 04:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kaelink "Never Molted" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Murray, KY Posts: 30	Re: Isolation/Molting conundrum. Rex hasn't moved for a couple of days and, when I pick him up, I couldn't feel him moving in his shell like usual. (Still can't). He was hanging out of his shell, not moving. I thought he was dead. I was going to bury him in the garden today, so I picked him up. Much to my surprise, half of a crab fell out of the shell, still fully colored. I looked in the shell to find a very pink purple claw. Hopefully he's still alive. :x I feel so horrible, moving him/touching him while he had been molting. I didn't know, since he was moving around and obviously pooing. Argh. Guess I'll have to leave him be and just wait it out for a few more weeks.