Oak leaves

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Brian_T
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Oak leaves

Post by Brian_T » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:09 pm

Hello crab experts,

I keep seeing oak leaves mentioned as a food source, but few details. Any particular species? Is pin oak OK?
Should they be fresh leaves or old dried leaves?

Thank you. I'm still figuring this stuff out.


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Rawrgeous
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Re: Oak leaves

Post by Rawrgeous » Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:57 am

It doesn't matter if it's on the safe foods list, (posted the food section stickies), just make sure you are collecting from a pesticide free zone and you should be good. :)

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Re: Oak leaves

Post by hprmom » Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:52 pm

We're surrounded by live oak so that's what I use. I collect both green and brown leaves but I put everything in the oven to kill bugs, so they all wind up crispy! Our guys love oak bark, I found out when I realized the stick we had put in for climbing was stripped over the first couple of weeks!


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Re: Oak leaves

Post by soilentgringa » Sat Aug 06, 2016 3:38 pm

Rawrgeous pretty much covered it. They love oak leaves. Isopods do too. :)
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