More about Hermit Crabs...I feel like an Encyclopedia...

On Monday, my Hermit Crab will be done with his molting process. He is already poking his head out some more and starting to be a little more active than he was. He actually turned himself around to be facing in the oposite direction, but he is still in the corner of the tank. His exoskeleton is almost completely eaten too, its gross, his old legs are just lying there. I'm not actually sure if they eat their old legs or not, I guess I will find out soon, if they aren't gone in a couple of days. I'll post a new picture of him after he is all done molting and he is running around his crabitat. Sometimes crabs will change their color when they molt. It depends entirely on their diet. If they don't get enough calcium in their diet, their color will be faded after they molt. Which reminds me, I need to buy some new shells for him, cause he may have a tight squeeze in his old shell. Hermit crabs molt, in order to grow. See, their bodies grow behind the exoskeleton, and when their bodies are too big for the exoskeleton they molt and shed their exoskeleton to grow a new, bigger one.