Dead crab while crabsitting??
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:28 am
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1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it?
Ecoearth, about 2 inches
2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually read?
80 degrees Fahrenheit, 70% humidity
3. Is a heat source used in the tank? If so, what?
Heating pad
4. What types of water are available (fresh or salt) and how is the water treated (what brands of dechlorinator or salt mix and what ratio is used to mix it)?
Fresh water- bottled water
Salt water- pre-mixed by my uncle for his fish so idk
5. What kinds of food do you feed and how often is it replaced?
Usually switch every other day, but this time forgot and left it in for about 3 days. This time they had some string beans, orange peel, cheese, and rice
6. How long have you had the crab and what species is it, if known?
Species unknown, crabsitting for about a month, cousin owned victim for a few weeks before, I had murderer for about a year before the incident
7. Has your crab molted, and how long ago did it happen?
Unknown
8. What type of housing are the crabs kept in, what size is it and what kind of lid is on the housing?
10 gallon glass tank with a screen cover, but we put a cover on top of that to keep humidity
9. How many crabs are in the tank and about how large are they?
2 crabs- murderer: slightly smaller than golf ball
Victim- a bit over half a golf ball
10. How many extra shells are usually kept in the tank, if any?
One or two
11. Have there been any fumes or chemicals near the crabitat recently?
No
12. How often do you clean the tank and how?
Food and water cleaned every other day, we use isopods
13. Are sponges used in the water dish? If so, how are they cleaned?
No sponges
14. Has anything new been added to your crabitat recently?
No but cousin redesigned to stimulate crabs
15. Is there any other information you would like to share that might be helpful (anything that is regularly part of your crab care, playtime, bathing, etc.)?
N/A
16. Please describe the emergency situation in detail.
Recently, we’ve been noticing the victim(Orie) has been scared of the murderer(Marine) But Marine has always been super sweet and Orie easily scared, so we thought nothing of it. Yesterday, Orie was up all day standing still in various places(was in food bowl, on edge of salt water bowl, etc). We got a little worried, but the crabs have been up at strange hours before. Today, we found him limp in the food bowl with two legs and a claw torn off. He didn’t respond when we tried spraying him with water.
But there’s no smell!!
We’ve tried calling our cousin, who the crabs belong to, to see her wishes, but she’s not picking up, possibly at camp. We’re lost
.
1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it?
Ecoearth, about 2 inches
2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually read?
80 degrees Fahrenheit, 70% humidity
3. Is a heat source used in the tank? If so, what?
Heating pad
4. What types of water are available (fresh or salt) and how is the water treated (what brands of dechlorinator or salt mix and what ratio is used to mix it)?
Fresh water- bottled water
Salt water- pre-mixed by my uncle for his fish so idk
5. What kinds of food do you feed and how often is it replaced?
Usually switch every other day, but this time forgot and left it in for about 3 days. This time they had some string beans, orange peel, cheese, and rice
6. How long have you had the crab and what species is it, if known?
Species unknown, crabsitting for about a month, cousin owned victim for a few weeks before, I had murderer for about a year before the incident
7. Has your crab molted, and how long ago did it happen?
Unknown
8. What type of housing are the crabs kept in, what size is it and what kind of lid is on the housing?
10 gallon glass tank with a screen cover, but we put a cover on top of that to keep humidity
9. How many crabs are in the tank and about how large are they?
2 crabs- murderer: slightly smaller than golf ball
Victim- a bit over half a golf ball
10. How many extra shells are usually kept in the tank, if any?
One or two
11. Have there been any fumes or chemicals near the crabitat recently?
No
12. How often do you clean the tank and how?
Food and water cleaned every other day, we use isopods
13. Are sponges used in the water dish? If so, how are they cleaned?
No sponges
14. Has anything new been added to your crabitat recently?
No but cousin redesigned to stimulate crabs
15. Is there any other information you would like to share that might be helpful (anything that is regularly part of your crab care, playtime, bathing, etc.)?
N/A
16. Please describe the emergency situation in detail.
Recently, we’ve been noticing the victim(Orie) has been scared of the murderer(Marine) But Marine has always been super sweet and Orie easily scared, so we thought nothing of it. Yesterday, Orie was up all day standing still in various places(was in food bowl, on edge of salt water bowl, etc). We got a little worried, but the crabs have been up at strange hours before. Today, we found him limp in the food bowl with two legs and a claw torn off. He didn’t respond when we tried spraying him with water.
But there’s no smell!!
We’ve tried calling our cousin, who the crabs belong to, to see her wishes, but she’s not picking up, possibly at camp. We’re lost
.