My first molt soon!

[mechelle]

My small crab, Nurple, switched shells yet again. I saw that he's got that bubble thingy on him so he's getting ready to molt. Guess I'll be on pins and needles. I swear I've been such a mother hen with these two critters.

[ItsMeg]

Congrats

[HERMEZ]

yes its natural after your like 200th molt is gets easier

[silver616]

Good luck!!! The most important thing to remember is that sometimes it seems to take forever for a molter to resurface!! It's important to try to be patient and not go under the sand looking for them!!!

[krackersmom2]

YES! Patience, patience, patience. It does get easier with time
SOmetimes molting can change your crab's temprament too. A shy crab may become more outgoing or vice versa. I had one really social crab become very irritated with being handled. Every time I try to pick him up he starts moving both pinchers and he will use them! He's molting now, so I hope he comes up without the attitude.
Do not be surprised if your crab changes colors as well. They can become darker of lighter in color. I had one PP come up with black shading and another PP is a pale shrimpy pink color. The one thingI like about PPs is their wide range of color variations. Anywhere from dark maroon to light pink....

[Hermie's rule]

Originally Posted by krackersmom2

YES! Patience, patience, patience. It does get easier with time
SOmetimes molting can change your crab's temprament too. A shy crab may become more outgoing or vice versa. I had one really social crab become very irritated with being handled. Every time I try to pick him up he starts moving both pinchers and he will use them! He's molting now, so I hope he comes up without the attitude.
Do not be surprised if your crab changes colors as well. They can become darker of lighter in color. I had one PP come up with black shading and another PP is a pale shrimpy pink color. The one thingI like about PPs is their wide range of color variations. Anywhere from dark maroon to light pink....

Yes! I know what you mean. I had this really shy crab go down for a molt and when he came back up he was the most outgoing crab I ever saw. Then my other really outgoing crab went down for a molt about the same time and when he came back up from the molt he was very shy. I guess they're beyond puzzling out.

[Markie]

Hehe. I know exactly how you feel. I just went through my first molt with Peewee. It was very nerve wrecking, took four weeks or so, but it was successful!

Good luck with your first molt! :]

[mechelle]

Woohoo! Nurple did great! Yo actually went down a week before Nurple,but is also quite bigger than Nurple so we're still waiting on her, I guess she's been down for about 5 weeks now.