Molting trouble

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Katy
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Molting trouble

Post by Katy » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:09 am

One little (very little) Cherry Red shrimp seems to have gotten stuck half-way out of its shell. It has been like that for a day and a half, and seems to be getting weaker. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there any way to help?

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Post by Katy » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:11 pm

It died :(
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Post by soul-hugger » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:44 pm

I'm sorry to hear that your Shrimp died.:(

I have never seen this before but my boyfriend has. He says they always die if they can't get out of their old skin. Some of them just have a problem molting. If you try to help pull the skin off, you will kill it.

I'm not sure if there's any way this can be helped.

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Post by andyroo » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:45 pm

Giant atlantic lobster in public aquaria die (eventually) from heart attacks associated with molting. It seems to be sort of why/how they die, lest they would live forever.
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Post by JonasBygdemo » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:19 pm

Sorry for your loss. Shrimp, dog, or fish, losing animals is never fun.
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