Weird - Page 2

jtswife · 03-01-2007, 03:55 PM

I don't know if he is molting, never been through it yet. The first time I found him, he had lost two claws. This time I found a leg and a claw but, no crab. No fish smell in the tank. Maybe he'll be fine, our it's another one losing limbs.

hello_hammerheads · 03-01-2007, 06:48 PM

can hermies lose limbs while molting, not just stress? my baby one molted andwhen he came up he is missing a walking leg, he seems content so i didn't think anything of it, but he could have been stressed because my crabs moves the shells all ontop of where he was molting.

jtswife · 03-01-2007, 07:14 PM

I don't know if they loose limbs while molting. I thought it was their whole exoskeleton. I thought I would find something that kinda looked like a crab.

hello_hammerheads · 03-01-2007, 08:42 PM

no, not all the time, a few days after i brought my first 2 crabs home one of them mush have top molted, because i saw an exo lying there, i was so sad for a few min. because i thought he was dead, but it was hollow and he wasn't. but i never find an exo anymore, i use EE so it is hard to tell what is part of the EE and what is part crab and what is part exo.1 crabby [my baby] has lost a limb, but i usually only find bits and peices because they usually weat their exo.

jtswife · 03-01-2007, 09:41 PM

what is weat their exo?

**msdiamonddawg** · 03-02-2007, 08:59 AM

I think that is meant to say "eat" their exo...

hello_hammerheads · 03-02-2007, 10:09 AM

oops... yeah

jtswife · 03-02-2007, 05:12 PM

lol, you guys are funny. I'm glad I'm not alone in this world.

**vckums** · 03-02-2007, 06:19 PM

They can drop limbs during molting. If a leg is stuck in exo or got damage din a molt and it hinders them, they can drop it.

**msdiamonddawg** · 03-03-2007, 09:09 AM

I think that is meant to say "damaged in a molt". JUST KIDDING!!!!!! Having some fun LOL ....

03-01-2007, 03:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
jtswife "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 234	Re: Weird I don't know if he is molting, never been through it yet. The first time I found him, he had lost two claws. This time I found a leg and a claw but, no crab. No fish smell in the tank. Maybe he'll be fine, our it's another one losing limbs.

03-01-2007, 06:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
hello_hammerheads "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lewiston Maine Posts: 234	Re: Weird can hermies lose limbs while molting, not just stress? my baby one molted andwhen he came up he is missing a walking leg, he seems content so i didn't think anything of it, but he could have been stressed because my crabs moves the shells all ontop of where he was molting.

03-01-2007, 07:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
jtswife "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 234	Re: Weird I don't know if they loose limbs while molting. I thought it was their whole exoskeleton. I thought I would find something that kinda looked like a crab.

03-01-2007, 08:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
hello_hammerheads "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lewiston Maine Posts: 234	Re: Weird no, not all the time, a few days after i brought my first 2 crabs home one of them mush have top molted, because i saw an exo lying there, i was so sad for a few min. because i thought he was dead, but it was hollow and he wasn't. but i never find an exo anymore, i use EE so it is hard to tell what is part of the EE and what is part crab and what is part exo.1 crabby [my baby] has lost a limb, but i usually only find bits and peices because they usually weat their exo.

03-01-2007, 09:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
jtswife "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 234	Re: Weird what is weat their exo?

03-02-2007, 08:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
msdiamonddawg Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scarborough - Toronto, Ontario Canada Posts: 889	Re: Weird I think that is meant to say "eat" their exo...

03-02-2007, 10:09 AM	#17 (permalink)
hello_hammerheads "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lewiston Maine Posts: 234	Re: Weird oops... yeah

03-02-2007, 05:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
jtswife "First Molt, A Success" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 234	Re: Weird lol, you guys are funny. I'm glad I'm not alone in this world.

03-02-2007, 06:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
vckums Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,659	Re: Weird They can drop limbs during molting. If a leg is stuck in exo or got damage din a molt and it hinders them, they can drop it. __________________ Vicki 100% Organic Hermit Crab Food www.hermitcrabaddictionstore.com

03-03-2007, 09:09 AM	#20 (permalink)
msdiamonddawg Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scarborough - Toronto, Ontario Canada Posts: 889	Re: Weird I think that is meant to say "damaged in a molt". JUST KIDDING!!!!!! Having some fun LOL ....

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