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FAQ Should I feed my hermit crab meat?

2012-09-28
In: FAQ, Food and Nutrition
Tagged: balanced, beneficial, diet, dietary needs, FAQ, food, hermit crab, meat, nutrition, requirements, safe

This is a compilation of forum posts from our old site. Rachelrmf posted: I really was not all that big on the meat thing untill i came here and read that so many of you feed alot of meets. So i have alway put a little crab or shrimp or tuna in for them, but just every once in a while. So I was wondering is it on a daily basis that you should feed the meat. I have been changeing out fresh every day but can’t really tell about how much of it they are eating because they like to party at night soRead More →

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FAQ Prawns posing possible disease threat?

2012-09-28
In: FAQ
Tagged: disease, FAQ, hermit crab, infect, prawns, safe, sickness

This is a compilation of forum posts from our old site. Troppo Dec 13, 2006 Today I read an interesting article in a Queensland newspaper that crabbers(particularly Australian crabbers) who feed their crabs prawns, may like to read. Below is an excerpt. Prawns posing disease threat. The increased volume and decreased price of imported green prawns has further escalated the risk of spreading the diseases, white spot syndrome and taura syndrome to the state’s prawn stocks. The Department of Fisheries and Primary Industries has initiated it’s own testing and sampling program as a measure to protect prawn stocks with traces of both the diseases beingRead More →

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FAQ How can I get my hermit crab to eat out of my hand?

2012-09-28
In: FAQ
Tagged: eating, FAQ, food, hermit crab

Originally written by Vanessa Pike-Russell Sometimes it takes a while to bond with your crab. they might not feed from your hand from the first time you try but if you persevere and are patient, it will happen. Gently hold the back of their shell with thumb and forefinger, and hold a piece of fruit (fresh or dried), nut (especially almond) bread, popcorn or cracker near the crab’s cheliped, or grasping claw, perhaps even brushing the food against it until your crab starts to become interested in the food and and they will responsively clutch at it and then want to taste it. You shouldRead More →

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