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New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit
Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 4:49 pm
by Jason13219
Looked it up apparently to much oil can kill then, some people recommend giving them oily foods like coconut but I was just wondering if any of guys do this and if it will make your crab live longer
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Re: New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 10:06 am
by HoseWater
I’ve never heard of giving crabs oil, other than what oils they would naturally get from their food. I would be highly skeptical of anyone suggesting you put essential oils in your crabitat tbh. I think as long as you feed a balanced diet you’ll be fine
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Re: New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 7:45 pm
by JoeHermits
Some crabs will consume small amounts of oil but they don’t need an entire line of gourmet oils like that. I highly doubt too much oil will kill them (unless that’s all they get to eat or they fall into a tub of it) but a bit of olive oil is probably as much as I would offer
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Re: New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 2:09 am
by curlysister
That looks like a money making scheme!
Re: New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 2:11 am
by crabocado
An entire line of gourmet oils for crabs sounds like overkill! (it's an entertaining thought though.) Also I'm not sure from the image, but those look kind of like "high-end" oils with extra stuff added so I would be wary of possible additives that might not be crab-friendly.
I will say though, I do have a squeeze-pack of Nutiva organic coconut oil from Whole Foods ("virgin" style, and it's organic). It has only one ingredient so seems really safe. I give a dab to my crab every couple weeks. I really have no idea if she eats it though.
