Help Help Hermit Crabs Molting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hermit_luv]

I went on vaction for about two weeks and when i came back my sis fond her hermit crab all scatered in pieces(dead)well i think it tried to molt but any way one of my other crabs had molted to and was almost done eating his exosecelton!!!! I don't what to do i don't want to sterss my already molting crab but i need to clean that dead one out. Please any answer's will help!:( :eek:

[zig zag zoey]

the 1 that died was killed by the other 1 thats hy when thay molt you have to seperate them you can cleen out the ded 1 when the live 1 is done and you migt want to git a new hermi becouse thay are varry soshal and dont like being with out a friend or 2. were you trying to say both of them died when molting? you sead "but any way one of my other crabs had molted to and was almost done eating his exosecelton" do you meen when you found it?

[jenniferm]

I went on vaction for about two weeks and when i came back my sis fond her hermit crab all scatered in pieces(dead)well i think it tried to molt but any way one of my other crabs had molted to and was almost done eating his exosecelton!!!! I don't what to do i don't want to sterss my already molting crab but i need to clean that dead one out. Please any answer's will help!:( :eek:

I am curiuos about the temp and humdity range of the tank. It is not really that normal for crabs to eat other crabs during molting in a properly maintained tank, in fact we do not ISO molters and no one has eatten another crabs exo or another crab it's self.
I would suggest to just pick up the dead crab and scoop out some of the sand/substrate where it was and replace that bit with fresh and then all shloud be fine. There is no need to disturb anyone, it is an easy cleanup.