Re: Hermit Crab dumps half its legs?!

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Yes that is the molting process. It will be fine.. atleast mine was.
Hemit crabs only eat like 3 times a week but still refill its bowl of
food and water even though it can't walk. Hermit Crabs are Noctournal
maby he comes out at night. I persenly think this is the molting
process.

[Mike D.]

I thought that when crustaceans molt, they only drop their shell, not their
appendages. If his legs came off, something is wrong, I think. Mike.
> wrote in message
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> Yes that is the molting process. It will be fine.. atleast mine was.
> Hemit crabs only eat like 3 times a week but still refill its bowl of
> food and water even though it can't walk. Hermit Crabs are Noctournal
> maby he comes out at night. I persenly think this is the molting
> process.
>

[Kevin, WB5RUE]

In my tank with hermits there are legs all over the bottom. Yet when I
inspect the crabs none are actually missing legs that I can tell. It must
be part of the molting process.

Kevin

"Mike D." > wrote in message
...
> I thought that when crustaceans molt, they only drop their shell, not
their
> appendages. If his legs came off, something is wrong, I think. Mike.
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Yes that is the molting process. It will be fine.. atleast mine was.
> > Hemit crabs only eat like 3 times a week but still refill its bowl of
> > food and water even though it can't walk. Hermit Crabs are Noctournal
> > maby he comes out at night. I persenly think this is the molting
> > process.
> >
>
>



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