What's on today's menu & recipe sharing ~2014~

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

Post by MuseCrazy » Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:43 pm

Fresh pineapple, moose poop, blueberries, mealworms, river shrimp and muskmelon


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

Post by ErikRasmussen » Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:00 pm

My mom just finished tending her garden and was about to throw away a bunch of beautiful immature carrot sprouts with huge tops. I had a crabbers moment where I shouted at her before she threw them away stuck them in the freezer for later ;)

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

Post by Amazilia » Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:33 pm

Fireweed leaves, Rose leaves, Crabapple leaves, Mealworms and THCG's Sweet Star cookie pieces(about 1/4 of a cookie). They are all over those cookie pieces and it is fun watching them hunt down mealworms! Although, they seem to have liked the wax worms better (I used to have to keep tossing more in :D ).
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2 Button Quails: Ruth & Dove, 6 Lovebirds,3 Chickens: Jade, Yin & Lace

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

Post by Talika » Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:58 pm

Wax worms are super high in fat ;) they are called big macs for chameleons and gecko crack for well geckos :lol: I never thought to put live bugs in ... Hmmm that would be fun to watch. But do they dig down? Tonight is shrimp with berries and peas topped with coconut and the ever present cuttle bone, crushed oyster shells and egg shell with honey. The only crab left on the surface is Kim who is just itty bitty but she finished off last night's honey all to herself :roll:
Don't give me that look they are not THAT kind of crab :)

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

Post by Amazilia » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:52 am

I usually put in one for every three crabs on the surface and add as they go. The bugs barely get anywhere before the crabs catch them :) Iv'e only given them wax worms once and plan to do it as a treat, they had them when I got new crabs in as a "welcome home, you must be starving" type thing lol.
20 Purple Pinchers in a 200g,10 Ecuadorians in a 40g,1 Salmon Pink Tarantula: Susie
2 Inca dogs: Rufus(Red&white hairless) & Lilac(White half-hairless), 1 Cinnamon Ferret: Smooch
2 Button Quails: Ruth & Dove, 6 Lovebirds,3 Chickens: Jade, Yin & Lace

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

Post by CallaLily » Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:07 am

I put live mealworms and waxworms in a dish they can't get out of but of course the crabs can get in. ;)

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

Post by Talika » Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:49 am

I pass the horn worms (the neon green ones) every time I go for crickets for my repti crew and none of my lizards are big enough to eat them. I checked the safe list for them but has anyone ever tried them and how did they go over?

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

Post by birkeymom » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:41 pm

Omg they are going crazy for petunias!!

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

Post by CallaLily » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:59 am

Tuna, peas, carrots, hot pepper, dried lilac flowers, dried mango, and nori.

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

Post by glacier44 » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:10 pm

Yesterday:
Dry dish (usually the same stuff, day to day with some minor variences)
  • dried mealworms
    dried crickets
    dried birch leaves
    dried dandelion leaves
    dried, un-sulfured fruits
    cuttle bone powder
Fresh dish:
  • Pansy flower
    romaine
    chicken
    blueberry
    raspberry
    mango
    banana
also scattered around are small pieces of cuttlebone and one small capful of local, raw honey.
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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by Philly » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:11 pm

Hi I'm new here but one of my favorite things is coming up with new recipes for my crabby friends :)
I found a store that said they could order me a strawberry (it's coming next thursday!) so I came up with a pre molt mix espeically for strawberries or other colorful crabs with extra beta carotene. This recipe blew up on tumblr all the crab parents of tumblr are going crazy over it. I just made it with the stuff I had lying around since I didn't feed like going out to get anything special lol

Freeze dried crickets
Freeze dried mysis shrimp
Calcium powder
Dried seaweed
Raw carrot
Raw spinach
Fiber cereal
Splash of olive oil
Grind it all up

None of my guys are in pre molt stage right now so I'm going to offer it to my new strawberry when he comes home in case he has to molt.
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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by jamsproject » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:15 am

Grapes: Still a hit
Sweet Potatoes: Not so much.

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

Post by glacier44 » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:53 am

Today's Menu

Dry dish (usually the same stuff, day to day with some minor variences)
  • dried: mealworms, crickets, birch leaves, dandelion leaves, fruits
    cuttle bone powder, baby shrimp
Fresh dish:
  • Pansy flower
    butter lettuce
    blueberry
    raspberry
    mango
    scrambled egg
An Alaskan Crabber!
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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by CallaLily » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:55 pm

Carrot, watermelon, celery leaves, blackberry, quinoa, and tilapia.

PP dish Before:
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PP dish After:
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The Es only picked at the tilapia. The rest doesn't look like they touched.
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Re: What's on today's menu & recipe sharing

Post by Joey_Bellows » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:08 am

The food for our crabbies seems subpar now -___- Tonight they have freeze dried shrimp, bloodworms, fresh mango and fresh grapes split up over 3 bowls. We also have coconut, organic peanut butter, carrots, organic baby spinach apples and sliced almonds but those aren't in the crabitat tonight.
40B tank, 7 PP's and 4 E's

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