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[CoolDoggy10]

One of my hermit crabs, M&M has a eye problem.... His eye is is sorta white around and on the eye... I took a picture of his eye? Any advice?
Link to picture http://nadia3265.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=92629780
Thanks

[emmac350]

It might be sand on his eye, or it might be the 'crust' that some crabs get pre-molt.

[CoolDoggy10]

I try to sprinkle water on his eye and its still there... Is there anything I can do to get the crust off?

[crystalm]

One of our crabs has exact same thing and it has now dug down and has not been seen again for a couple weeks.  I wonder if this is the pre molt thing Emmac mentioned for our crab.  We will see. 

[scoobdoo]

they are so delicate, I prob wouldn't sprinkle water on it any more. I have stated it before that to me if you spray a crab or drop water on it it's like us getting squirted with a fire hose. I wouldn't wipe it either, you might scratch his eye. did you try the a bath and gently swoosh water around him & see if it comes off? If they have a body injury or sometrhing like that you would think they have claws & legs they could take it off them seleves, maybe it is a pre molt sign? I wouldn't know any of them if my crabs did have it, they just up dig away and I can't find them the next day

[CoolDoggy10]

I thought swooshing water will kinda spook them, so no I havent try it...  I was thinking that something from the addiction store will help like a medical bath

   This is Wasabi. He is a PP, (Purple Pincher) and sadly, he has passed on. He was the biggest out of all the crabs I have owned so far, and out of them all, he lived the longest. He lived about 6-7 months.

~Hermies4Ever~

Land hermit crabs store a small amount of water in their shells just to keep their gills wet, thus allowing them to breath.