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[Oliviet#1]

Glad he is doing good

[RiNiKy506]

He is a beautiful hermit crab, I hope he is still doing well for you. Sending you some positive, healing crabby vibes.

[odelayheehoo]

He’s doing fine today as well, nearly all of the exo is eaten up and he’s beginning to gain more color. He’s drinking fresh and salt water too, and I am giving him honey and bee pollen every day.

[Oliviet#1]

Good for him and you!

[odelayheehoo]

He's eaten all of his exo and he drinks both waters and eats the honey on the qtip that I leave for him, when do you think a good time to put him back with the others may be?

I was going to give him a couple more days to color up and offer some calcium, then maybe he'll be ready.

[odelayheehoo]

@wodesorel @GotButterflies when would be a good time to release him back? He nearly finished his exo completely, just a couple broken pieces of the claw are left, and he regained his color.

[wodesorel]

I don't rush it when they've been dug up too early. They normally wait a few weeks after finishing their exo before coming up. If you put them back too soon they will be weak and smell like molt. I had one torn apart before by the other crabs in the tank. Just give it a little time, wait until he's back to normal activity levels and bathe first!

[odelayheehoo]

I don't rush it when they've been dug up too early. They normally wait a few weeks after finishing their exo before coming up. If you put them back too soon they will be weak and smell like molt. I had one torn apart before by the other crabs in the tank. Just give it a little time, wait until he's back to normal activity levels and bathe first!

He's just kinda sitting in there like he's bored, but he does drink the water I give him daily. I have a vacation coming up and I leave on the 19th, and I do not have a sitter coming over to look after the crabs.

[GotButterflies]

The crabs should be fine without a sitter (how long will you be gone?) Leave lots of leaf litter, seeds, dried bugs, calcium, snake skin, bubblers in water. Sometimes they don’t finish all of their exo. Might be better to keep separate while you aren’t there to monitor though.


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[wodesorel]

He's just kinda sitting in there like he's bored, but he does drink the water I give him daily. I have a vacation coming up and I leave on the 19th, and I do not have a sitter coming over to look after the crabs.

Not bored, recouperating just like he would be if he was still underground. They take a while to fully harden and expand, and will be weak until then.

[odelayheehoo]

The crabs should be fine without a sitter (how long will you be gone?) Leave lots of leaf litter, seeds, dried bugs, calcium, snake skin, bubblers in water. Sometimes they don’t finish all of their exo. Might be better to keep separate while you aren’t there to monitor though.


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I will be away a week, and thanks for the food suggestions but I don’t have snake skin.

Not bored, recouperating just like he would be if he was still underground. They take a while to fully harden and expand, and will be weak until then.

Thanks, he’s definitely getting close!

[craboloading]

Just stumbled across this thread, glad to see it has a happy ending. Felt obligated to post simply because your crabbo is gorgeous. Keep us updated on that BP situation, fingers crossed that he holds onto it.

[RiNiKy506]

Not bored, recouperating just like he would be if he was still underground. They take a while to fully harden and expand, and will be weak until then.

If they come out of their little spot are they ok to be put back? I noticed my Rod had flipped her cocohut over and it looks like there is sand in each of the shells like she had come out and drank from them both. Her exo is also all gone except for a tiny bit of b.p.. I just flipped her hut back over and left her bc I don’t know when to add her back.

[odelayheehoo]

@wodesorel Today he appears to be the most active yet, he's walking around in the small container and always has responded to food and water, he might be ready to go back in the next few days!

[wodesorel]

That's great!