Luna Tail

Three Crabs Are Okay

Filed Under (Daily Posts) by Cynthia on Dec 28, 2008 7:49 pm

Tagged Under : Hermit Crabs

Well, of the six Hermit Crabs I have at home, two of them died. I put them in a zip loc and out in the freezing cold as a burial. Bummer. On a good note, though, three of them seem to be doing well. They have all come out of their molt just fine. I have two tanks at home, the upstairs tank is shown below, and has all three of the healthy crabs in it.

Hermit Crab Tank

Downstairs there is only one crab left, and he is still molting. Hopefully he hasn’t died during his molt. I haven’t smelled anything bad yet, but then I didn’t smell anything bad from the two that didn’t make it, either. As they come up from molting in the downstairs tank, I move them upstairs.

So of the three crabs pictured in my previous crabbie post on November 16th, only two survived. The guy in the lone picture didn’t, unfortunately. Hopefully the last guy will come out of his molt soon. But he’s been down for over a month now, so I’m not sure if that means he didn’t make it or not. I’ll wait a while longer before I dig for him. Once that tank is empty, I’ll tear it down, I think, and just keep the upstairs 20 gallon long. Maybe I need a tv stand for the tank… hrm. It’s on the entertainment center now.

Here is a picture of the latest guy I moved from the downstairs tank to the upstairs. He was also pictured in the post from November 16th. I think he’s a good healthy guy! *Crosses Fingers*