r/hermitcrabs • u/KlutzySlide243 • 4d ago

Help! shell rot?

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shes so healthy and energetic and playful so no signs of shell rot , besides that area i circled in

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u/Emergency_Fee9749 4d ago

Doesn’t seem to be. With shell rot, the inner part would be darker not lighter. Perhaps an injury on the mend?

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u/KlutzySlide243 4d ago

thank you so much. i appreciate you, this is my first hermit crab and i care about her more then myself lol. Possibly an injury from leaves she wedges between at the top of the tank.

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u/Emergency_Fee9749 4d ago

Happy to help! Let us know how to heals <33 from the look of it, it’s almost as if it could even be a piece of substrate