Hello my beloved followers and viewers, its great to be on here again.
I have been keeping up on comments via phone and am still so warmed to see how many people out there love these little guys and seek help on care, from me!
It breaks my heart to tell you all a few pieces of news involving my crabbies and this blog.
Firstly, I will not be posting anymore for reasons listed below. Unless I discover some news on care, on availability/popularity/anything at all on them I will no longer be putting up new posts. I WILL HOWEVER KEEP THIS UP and keep answering any and all questions. I did keep and love these guys for years. I am so happy to give anyone the help and correspondence they need. PLEASE DONT FORGET everything you need to know is here! I have posts about housing, care, everything I could think of!
Secondly, In October I woke in the middle of the night to many strange noises going on in my room, I got up to check everyone (I also have other noturnal creatures in my room) to find that Bubbles was dragging Jack into a hide. THIS IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. I quickly grabbed him away from her and shooed her into the burrow and away. Jack was limp. I put him into a bin for examination and he was sadly dead. Beyond any sort of help, Bubbles had attacked him and crushed much of the front left of his carapace along with im assuming eating some of his legs, as they were completely missing.
It is my educated guess that he had been mid molt, and Bubbles (being the nasty aggressive meany she always was) took advantage to get him. Normally id attribute this to hunger, but they were always very WELL fed. *sigh*
The Last part of this news is that I then rehomed Bubbles. As much as I love these creatures I am too emotional. It made me so mad at her, Jack had been the sweet one. Still timid but he at least came out, showed himself and observed me. She made me SO MAD. I decided it would be best to rehome her, put her with someone who would give her the care and attention she deserved. I know they cant understand when were yelling and angry at them, they arent dogs. But i was literally calling her foul names every time i misted/fed/changed water.... It was best to give her a loving home.
In conclusion the quick facts are that no, I no longer own these animals. But I did nothing wrong in their care to cause this. And I am still keeping this blog up and tuned so that anyone who needs help and info can get it!! its linked to my email, I will see you commented, I will answer when I can.
Thank you to my few followers and the many people i have connected with because of this blog. I hope it continues to help people!
Brandy, I just found your blog and am so sad to see you won't be updating anymore. I am hoping you might take time to answer a question. I've had my Halloween Crab for about 2 months...he has been very healthy. About a week ago, I discovered he was in the process of molting and have left him alone since. I peeked this morning (he is under a little rock tunnel in his terrarium) and it looks to me like he is done -- but he only has one front leg and one back leg (he has both claws). There are little nubs where the other legs should be...could he still be molting, or is this possibly a bad molt? If so, did I cause it somehow -- I thought I have taken great care of him, but now I am worried he didn't have the right nutrition, etc. Any help you might give would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteOf course ill reply!! Firstly, dont panic! The fact that he still has claws is good. And sometimes they just dont have a good molt, it happens.
ReplyDeleteHowever, could you still tell me a little more about his care? Please reply directly to my email muddslingercc (at) aol [dot] com
Thank you for sharing your experiences as this information is so helpful. You've likely just saved my 3 crabs.
ReplyDeleteAre there any unsafe woods for these crabs? Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteHello we have a holloween moon crab. We got him from the beach in July this year. He never moalted so we don't know what is going on with him. He haves been laying lifeless on top of his sand for about a month now no movement at all he didn't eat or drink anything.He is stiff I can't stand it. I don't want to touch or mess with him in case he is moalting. There been no "death" smell at all this whole time. If u can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated. Thank u.
Hi! I know you haven’t posted and Ik it’s been 4-5 years. But I just recently got Halloween moon crabs. Male and female. The male looks like it molted. The female is still very tiny. (They are both babies but the male way bigger than the female) I have a 40 falling tank. Eco earth, fresh and salt water. Day lamp. They seem to be doing fine. They just stress me out so much. I never see them. They never look like they are eating but obviously they must be. I mist twice a day. Every couple of weeks I have my fiancé dig just to make sure they are alive. Ik you aren’t suppose to but I literally never see them at night. I don’t want to stress them. But I don’t know what to expect with their behavior. How often do they really eat. I just have so many questions. I want to be a good crab mom. If you respond and if you remember anything, I could use your advice! Your blogs helped but I just have so many more questions.
ReplyDeleteAlso I’m sorry about crabs. That it truly heartbreaking and something I will look out for in the future.
I just got one myself this september, too!
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