Crabs and Crickets

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Crabs and Crickets

Post by Sherman12Sherman » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:24 pm

Will crabs eat crickets?
Are crickets able to live with crabs?
Will they hurt the crabs?

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Re: Crabs and Crickets

Post by soilentgringa » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:22 pm

Sherman12Sherman wrote:Will crabs eat crickets?
Are crickets able to live with crabs?
Will they hurt the crabs?
1. Yes
2. Never put live crickets in a crab tank. They can reproduce and annoy the crabs.
3. I don't think they would hurt them but they would certainly pester them.

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Re: Crabs and Crickets

Post by Sherman12Sherman » Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:21 pm

Thanks. Would any dead crickets do or do they need to be fairly fresh.
Trying to give them a more simulated diet since they are scavengers.


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Re: Crabs and Crickets

Post by crabby33 » Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:39 pm

I feed my crabs freeze dried crickets and leave them in there until they quit eating them and then rotate it.

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Re: Crabs and Crickets

Post by aussieJJDude » Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:42 am

Crickets are known to burrow, so there is a potential that they could come across a moulter...

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