Eating the substrate?

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jwhite1083
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Eating the substrate?

Post by jwhite1083 » Mon May 16, 2016 8:48 pm

I have two more hermies. Digger and Dizzy. Digger is molting and Dizzy has the place to himself. Dizzy is a beautiful dark red purple pincher. His big claw has striking white tips that I hope he keeps when he eventually molts.

He was in the tank using his big beautiful claw like a geisha would use chop sticks, moving the substrate to one side and then picking something up and eating it. But it doesn't look like he's eating anything.

The substrate is a 5:1 mixture of sand to ecoearth. Is he eating the ecoearth?

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CallaLily
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Re: Eating the substrate?

Post by CallaLily » Tue May 17, 2016 9:19 am

The eco earth (which is just coconut fiber) or bits of food or whatever in the substrate. It's totally normal. :D

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