Hi new here, new to crabbing

dorothy · 05-12-2008, 10:47 AM

Hi there I have 4 crabs and I am new to all this. I have a question, my crabs usually all sleep together and today I noticed one is off by himself, do you think he could be molting?

silver616 · 05-13-2008, 04:57 PM

Congrats on your new pets and Welcome to HCRU!!! You'll get lots of great info here!!! When a crab is getting ready to molt, you may notice it spending a lot of time in the salt water dish and eating more than usual. Also, it will bury itself. If it's still above the sand, most likely it's not molting yet. Sometimes, if the substrate conditions aren't right, crabs will molt on the surface, but in that case they usually try to find a quiet, dark spot in the tank (usually under a hidey or something like that). Good luck!!!

dorothy · 05-13-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by silver616

Congrats on your new pets and Welcome to HCRU!!! You'll get lots of great info here!!! When a crab is getting ready to molt, you may notice it spending a lot of time in the salt water dish and eating more than usual. Also, it will bury itself. If it's still above the sand, most likely it's not molting yet. Sometimes, if the substrate conditions aren't right, crabs will molt on the surface, but in that case they usually try to find a quiet, dark spot in the tank (usually under a hidey or something like that). Good luck!!!

Thanks for the info. They usually sleep together and the one is behind the house. He is most of the way under the sand. He has been there going on 2 days now. Thanks again for the info. I'll take all the info I can get.

HermitPaws · 05-13-2008, 08:31 PM

Welcome!!! Glad to have you here!!

**HERMEZ** · 05-15-2008, 06:11 AM

HOWDY!! Glad to have you here

Hildegarde · 05-18-2008, 11:29 AM

Welcome, Dorothy!

As you will find, each crab has its own personality. Some will be up on the surface except when they're moulting, others will come up every week or so, have a good dinner, and then go down again.

Lightning Yoshi · 05-19-2008, 12:25 PM

it might be molting but you neverknow, i think as hermits like humans, andmaybe they just had alittle fight.

05-12-2008, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
dorothy Hi, I'm New Here! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Delaware Posts: 4	Hi new here, new to crabbing Hi there I have 4 crabs and I am new to all this. I have a question, my crabs usually all sleep together and today I noticed one is off by himself, do you think he could be molting? __________________ Dorothy--<Herbie, Madusa, Mr Noname, Duskull>

05-13-2008, 04:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
silver616 "Preparing For Second Molt" Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 378	Re: Hi new here, new to crabbing Congrats on your new pets and Welcome to HCRU!!! You'll get lots of great info here!!! When a crab is getting ready to molt, you may notice it spending a lot of time in the salt water dish and eating more than usual. Also, it will bury itself. If it's still above the sand, most likely it's not molting yet. Sometimes, if the substrate conditions aren't right, crabs will molt on the surface, but in that case they usually try to find a quiet, dark spot in the tank (usually under a hidey or something like that). Good luck!!!

05-13-2008, 08:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
HermitPaws "Third Molt, A Success" Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Centennial,colorado Posts: 934	Re: Hi new here, new to crabbing Welcome!!! Glad to have you here!! __________________ PHOTOS,RECIPES 4 CRABS= http://hermitpaws.webs.com/

05-15-2008, 06:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
HERMEZ Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NC Posts: 1,195	Re: Hi new here, new to crabbing HOWDY!! Glad to have you here __________________ 22PP's~9 Rugs~9 E's~5 Straws~2 Indo's~4 Violas~ http://photobucket.com/albums/a96/Herm-EZ/

05-18-2008, 11:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hildegarde (Medium Crab) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 749	Re: Hi new here, new to crabbing Welcome, Dorothy! As you will find, each crab has its own personality. Some will be up on the surface except when they're moulting, others will come up every week or so, have a good dinner, and then go down again. __________________ The Kids: Big Momma, Bwana, BiBi, Honey, Aggie, Stretch, Sparky, Houdini, Tang, Zeke & Izzie; The Big Guys: Kaiser, Mo-de-law', Belle & SuzyQ; and our 15 new Little Ones; all PPs and our baby Es: Killer, Ol' Yeller, Scooter, Mr. Greenjeans, Orange and our tiny Smidgen.

05-19-2008, 12:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lightning Yoshi (Micro Crab) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: hermit hut Posts: 66	Re: Hi new here, new to crabbing it might be molting but you neverknow, i think as hermits like humans, andmaybe they just had alittle fight. __________________ proud father of Fred and Dutchess

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