Just sitting here watching the final stages of my hermit crab molting. The old legs dangling out make him look dead . First time I came across one molting I thought it was dead! Decided I would keep that shell so I proceeded to wash it out. Lo and behold there was a soft pink crab gleaming back at me after the molt fell away. I'm watching the tiny pink claws push against the old,trying to finish dislodging from his "house".

When we first got hermits we were told nothing about how they molt. Sometimes makes me wonder how many healthy pets have been thrown out, preceived to be dead. Since it's such a slow process most people not informed would believe it was dead,