How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

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How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by superHermitcrablover » Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:46 pm

I want to try giving my hermit crabs chicken eggs but how do I cook them?

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Re: How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by soilentgringa » Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:28 pm

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew...

LOL

Really tho, you can scramble them, boil them, smash them, shell and all and feed it to them.

Just use crab safe herbs or make them plain. No table salt or butter.

Olive or coconut oil if you want.

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Re: How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by PinchersAndShells » Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:25 am

I separated the yolk from the raw albumin, threw away one part of the eggshell with the yolk in it, and then used the other part of the eggshell as a "bowl" and poured a little bit of the albumin in it. The crabs seemed to like it.
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Re: How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by soilentgringa » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:41 am

PinchersAndShells wrote:I separated the yolk from the raw albumin, threw away one part of the eggshell with the yolk in it, and then used the other part of the eggshell as a "bowl" and poured a little bit of the albumin in it. The crabs seemed to like it.
Why did you separate the yolk out?

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Re: How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by PinchersAndShells » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:53 pm

soilentgringa wrote:
PinchersAndShells wrote:I separated the yolk from the raw albumin, threw away one part of the eggshell with the yolk in it, and then used the other part of the eggshell as a "bowl" and poured a little bit of the albumin in it. The crabs seemed to like it.
Why did you separate the yolk out?

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I wasn't sure if they could eat that raw too,
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Re: How can you give your hermit crabs eggs?

Post by Hollym2247 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:23 pm

I scramble one in a dry pan, then put clumps on prices of eggshell with raw white still in it. I do about 4 pieces per egg and refrigerate inn a baggie until feeding.

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