Oyster Shells and Food Dishes

[itsmellllly]

I recently got two hermit crabs and have been using an oyster
shell I found on the beach as a food dish temporarily until I can
get an actual food dish. However, I was thinking about just
getting more oyster shells to use for food dishes since I know
hermit crabs like them. Does anyone have good recommendations
as to where I could get some more? I want to make sure I don't
get any that may have been treated by harmful chemicals or
something potentially dangerous for the hermit crabs.

I was also thinking about maybe using a small ceramic tray for the food dish instead. Could I technically just use one of those plain trinket/jewelry dishes on Amazon or something if I made sure to wash it first? I wasn’t sure because I don’t know if they have chemicals or anything on them that could be bad for the hermit crabs if they ate off them.

[Jlmills525]

These paint dishes are popular too. If you have a craft store nearby


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[Hermiecrab]

Yep! I use those

[CrabbyLover77]

I use lids from jars/containers and they work great. My favorites are peanut butter lids and those really large round lids from pretzel/peanuts/candy containers.

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[Hermielover121]

I honestly just use whatever is around but my favourite dish to use is this really nice shell except it gets stained


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[Hermiecrab]

Yes! I used to use those and they work fine. I would keep more than one in the tank though, and they can get knocked over easily.