HCA: Hermit Crab Association

i opened my crabs tank to add something in there and found a leg. it’s one of the smaller ones. i have 2 crabs and both of them are underground right now (they were up climbing around maybe 10 minutes ago) but im wondering if i should dig around for them to see if they’re okay? or should i just wait for them to come back up on their own?
i haven’t seen them fighting and there are extra shells in the tank. temp and humidity have been pretty consistent and i haven’t seen them display any sluggish or odd behavior recently. my bigger one finished molting earlier this month, and the smaller one at the beginning of november.


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Is the leg hollow or solid? That will tell you if it's a leftover from a previous molt, or if it fell off of a crab.

curlysister wrote:Is the leg hollow or solid? That will tell you if it's a leftover from a previous molt, or if it fell off of a crab.

it’s solid!


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Can you fill out the emergency form, just in case? What type of shells do you have? What species is your crab?