What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by PinchersAndShells » Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:29 am

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PinchersAndShells wrote:Trying out silversides tonight! I have a feeling they will like them. I also have another bowl with mealworms, crickets, seaweed, elderberry, poppy seeds, and egg shell!
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Can't wait to see how they like it! I wanted to try cod with mine.

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I didn't stay awake to watch them eat but they seemed to really like it! Didn't take an after picture because it would have been a bit grotesque.

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by Shakiofborg » Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:58 pm

Egg and egg shell, carrots, blueberries, gogi berries, shrimp, coconut, chia seeds, and mango!

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by Shakiofborg » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:08 pm

PinchersAndShells wrote:
ciaraalston wrote:
PinchersAndShells wrote:Trying out silversides tonight! I have a feeling they will like them. I also have another bowl with mealworms, crickets, seaweed, elderberry, poppy seeds, and egg shell!
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Can't wait to see how they like it! I wanted to try cod with mine.

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I didn't stay awake to watch them eat but they seemed to really like it! Didn't take an after picture because it would have been a bit grotesque.

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That's awesome! Mine haven't gone for fish yet....maybe I'll try again after they acclimate to the tank better.

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by lmw142 » Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:59 pm

Tried out a whole dehydrated crawfish from The Healthy Hermit. They loved it! The second picture is from about an hour after I put it in the tank. Within a few days they had basically devoured it, leaving behind a little bit of exo.

In the other dish they had and a fruit mix, vegetable mix, and a cookie, all of which I bought from Wode before she stopped selling. Last, I dropped in a few dried rose petals. ImageImage

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Post by LeeHasCrabs » Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:40 pm

lmw142 wrote:Tried out a whole dehydrated crawfish from The Healthy Hermit. They loved it! The second picture is from about an hour after I put it in the tank. Within a few days they had basically devoured it, leaving behind a little bit of exo.

In the other dish they had and a fruit mix, vegetable mix, and a cookie, all of which I bought from Wode before she stopped selling. Last, I dropped in a few dried rose petals. ImageImage

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Post by LeeHasCrabs » Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:11 pm

Some broccoli, red pepper, carrots, and blueberries tonight. Let’s see what my two up think.Image


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Post by ciaraalston » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:47 pm

LeeHasCrabs wrote:Some broccoli, red pepper, carrots, and blueberries tonight. Let’s see what my two up think.Image


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Looks delicious!!!!! I can't wait for mine to come up. Pet sand is so boring!

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by LeeHasCrabs » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:51 pm

ciaraalston wrote:
LeeHasCrabs wrote:Some broccoli, red pepper, carrots, and blueberries tonight. Let’s see what my two up think.Image


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Looks delicious!!!!! I can't wait for mine to come up. Pet sand is so boring!

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Yeah, I have 2 up and 3 down. I just want it to be a crabby party in there every night.

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by LeeHasCrabs » Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:44 pm

LeeHasCrabs wrote:Some broccoli, red pepper, carrots, and blueberries tonight. Let’s see what my two up think.Image


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Sadly, over 2 days my two barely touched this colorful buffet. Picky crabs!


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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by ciaraalston » Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:42 pm

LeeHasCrabs wrote:
LeeHasCrabs wrote:Some broccoli, red pepper, carrots, and blueberries tonight. Let’s see what my two up think.Image


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Sadly, over 2 days my two barely touched this colorful buffet. Picky crabs!


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Mine never touch fresh foods.
I can make a beautiful buffet of fresh fruits and veggies and nobody even picks at it. It kills me.

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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by prettycreb » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:40 pm

Post molting snack

Take a piece of unsalted, unbuttered popcorn. Smear organic peanut butter on one side and organic honey on the other. Sprinkle ground up eggshell or cuttlebone on the honey and peanut butter. :banana:

This should give a bit of needed calcium, energy and protein for those crabs who are feeling a bit sluggish after coming up right after a molt.


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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by crabby33 » Sat Dec 08, 2018 5:22 pm

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Apple, rolled oats, freeze dried meal worms, freeze dried crickets, leaf litter, olive oil, raw clover honey and the calcium pit.



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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by crabby33 » Sat Dec 08, 2018 5:38 pm

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Apple, peas and carrots, rolled oats, freeze dried mealworms, freeze dried crickets, leaf litter, olive oil, honey and calcium.

I prefer to give my crabs a large variety of foods to choose from so that they can seek out what they need. Whether it’s calcium, proteins, carbs, a fat source, leaf litter, a fruit or a vegetable.

When my crabs are pre-molt I’ve noted that they will seek out more tannins, protein and calcium than usual.


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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by LeeHasCrabs » Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:42 am

crabby33 wrote:Image

Apple, peas and carrots, rolled oats, freeze dried mealworms, freeze dried crickets, leaf litter, olive oil, honey and calcium.

I prefer to give my crabs a large variety of foods to choose from so that they can seek out what they need. Whether it’s calcium, proteins, carbs, a fat source, leaf litter, a fruit or a vegetable.

When my crabs are pre-molt I’ve noted that they will seek out more tannins, protein and calcium than usual.


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I didn’t know you could give them olive oil.


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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by crabby33 » Sun Dec 09, 2018 5:59 am

Yep. It’s a fat source and they love it. Every time I put it in there, it’s usually gone in the morning.


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