Molting or Dead?

[.:HermitCrabs:.]

Okay, so make a separate food, saltwater, and freshwater for her in the lego container and change it every other day to every day?

[Wai]

Yes. Hermit crabs should always have access to those three no matter where they are.

[.:HermitCrabs:.]

Okay. I'll post pictures up tomorrow.
Sorry for bomboaring you with questions. I have an anxiety issue and must know what is going on at all times, what I need, when I need it, etc. or else I get stressed out. >_<

[Wai]

Don't worry, I'm working on the site anyway, so it's not a problem.

[.:HermitCrabs:.]

Okay, it's been about two months and I've seen nothing. Every once in a while (like, once every two weeks) I'll smell the substrate. It always smells fishy. Breeze hasn't moved. I checked on her yesterday, just to check for any signs of life, and I couldn't see her old or "new" body at all.

Still molting?

[Wai]

So is Breeze still on the substrate? Did she eat her exoskeleton? If not, is she still in the shell? Has she hardened, or has she died?

[.:HermitCrabs:.]

Breeze is still in the substrate. She has not eaten her exoskeleton, nor even moved since I placed her in the temporary "ISO". She is still in the shell. Nothing has hardened. That's the thing - I can't tell if she has died yet.

[Wai]

Is she in the withdrawn position in her shell or is she loose? If you can gently shake her body out of the shell, then she is probably dead.

[.:HermitCrabs:.]

I can't see her. At all. Sand is covering the opening, and due to the circumstances (if she is alive) I don't want to stress her out by dipping her in water, even for a second. But, from what I can slightly see, she is way withdrawn. I almost can't see anything. She is damp, so even if she was dead it would be difficult to shake her out.

[Wai]

Pick her up and sniff to see if there is any fishy odour. What colour is her soft body? Is it pink or dark in colour?