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BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:22 pm

My 2 year old has one crab he loves the most BaBa. BaBa is our smallest so I am worried that he is molting and I’m scared he will not make it. I don’t smell anything bad but I haven’t seen him in a while now. He keeps asking about him the 2 week wait is going to kill me ImageImage
Working on getting him to pick some of the many non-painted shells in the tank but he is under Image


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by Hermiesguardian » Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:32 am

smcc13 wrote:My 2 year old has one crab he loves the most BaBa. BaBa is our smallest so I am worried that he is molting and I’m scared he will not make it. I don’t smell anything bad but I haven’t seen him in a while now. He keeps asking about him the 2 week wait is going to kill me ImageImage
Working on getting him to pick some of the many non-painted shells in the tank but he is under Image


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Crabs can take several months to come up from a molt. I know the wait is difficult. But don't give in to the urge to dig him up to check on him. That can be very harmful.
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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:54 am

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smcc13 wrote:My 2 year old has one crab he loves the most BaBa. BaBa is our smallest so I am worried that he is molting and I’m scared he will not make it. I don’t smell anything bad but I haven’t seen him in a while now. He keeps asking about him the 2 week wait is going to kill me ImageImage
Working on getting him to pick some of the many non-painted shells in the tank but he is under Image


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Crabs can take several months to come up from a molt. I know the wait is difficult. But don't give in to the urge to dig him up to check on him. That can be very harmful.
I know I just hope he makes it through his first one with us


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Post by smcc13 » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:45 pm

He is still under but no smell so we are hopeful


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by GotButterflies » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:16 pm

Be patient! Make the most of your pet sand :)
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Post by Hermiesguardian » Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:17 pm

GotButterflies wrote:Be patient! Make the most of your pet sand :)
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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:16 pm

All of my other crabs are out but him so I’m super hopeful


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Sat Mar 24, 2018 12:26 am

Still under and my bigger crab is digging


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by wodesorel » Sat Mar 24, 2018 4:26 am

The wait is so hard! My rug went down beginning of February and I keep looking at the tank this past week thinking she should be up by now but knowing it will probably be a few more weeks. Gah!
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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:02 pm

wodesorel wrote:The wait is so hard! My rug went down beginning of February and I keep looking at the tank this past week thinking she should be up by now but knowing it will probably be a few more weeks. Gah!
My other small crab went down yesterday omg Image maybe another one molting.


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by CrabsterBecks » Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:04 pm

Ay yi yi, this is suspenseful! Any news??
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Post by smcc13 » Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:25 pm

CrabsterBecks wrote:Ay yi yi, this is suspenseful! Any news??
No smell and no crab


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:27 pm

Finally upImage
Now to get rid of his painted shell. I have 10 shells for him to pick from.


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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by AwesomeHermit » Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:32 pm

Maybe you could try getting some smaller shells, those shells seem a bit big
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Re: BaBa the little crab under sand

Post by smcc13 » Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:52 pm

He has a new shell but he doesn’t come out from the sand until we are not in the room so no pictures yet


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