Feeding poop

[curlysister]

Well, I figure at least a couple of people will check out this thread with that title! Hehehe!

The post about the Alaska store being closed, only selling moose poop for hermit crabs got me thinking. I have moose that frequent my back yard, but hadn't thought of feeding their poop until now. Does it matter whether they have been eating organic? I don't use any chemicals, but live rurally with lots of farmland around where chemicals are used, and where the moose go. Is that okay? What other critter poop can we feed to hermit crabs?

[piratetoothgir]

You can feed any type of poop, as long as the animal is on a good diet, no pesticides or medications can be used. Otherwise, go for it!


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[aussieJJDude]

I was quiet fond of feesing possum poop. Mine seem to enjoy it quiet a bit. (and if i really wanted to, could source kangaroo poo... but meh. Dont fancy a walk in the park collecting poop.... wombat poo however, is in nice little cubed portions so maybe thats the way to go?)

Many feed rabbit and the like, and seem to have great success with that.


Ok. Actually answering the question, i think it would be fine to trial it out and see!

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[wodesorel]

Wolf always collected from the middle of nowhere Alaska, if that helps any!

[curlysister]

When I lived in the middle of nowhere Northwest Territories, I didn't have my hermies! LOL! I can source rabbit, moose, deer, coyote, and occasionally raccoon. But I am pretty sure that some would be eating foods that have been treated with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer. Would it still be a problem after going through the digestive tract?

Moose would probably eat the least with chemicals, they don't eat crops or grain, just the foliage in the forests that are intermingled with the fields. Rabbits and deer eat gardens ( and my niece's rabbit doesn't eat organic). Coyotes and raccoons eat everything and anything, I don't think I would use their poop.

[Anondotco]

So I've got a Guinea pig, a hedgehog, one soon to be two beardered dragons.
They love the bearded dragon shed and I heard you could give them Guinea pig poo, I'm about to try that tonight. I was wondering about the hedge hog poo

[Xenocrab]

It's funny how we spend so much time and money on a million different foods, yet they love to eat crap! This is Triple H in a bowl of worm poop! There are 10 other foods in the tank, but they love poop! Btw, what nutrition do they get from the animals poops? What would that be classified as?

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[Anondotco]

Still curious about hedgie poo????

[JoeHermits]

Still curious about hedgie poo????

In theory, probably, but whether I'd personally recommend it would depend on the hedgehog's diet. If you're feeding it pellets or some other commercial food you'd have to make sure it doesn't have any questionable ingredients such as preservatives or minerals like copper sulfate.

[Links]

I just got some worm poo too! Says nitrogen and calcium but they only make up 2.25% of the weight. So there’s sooooo much more in there. Probably things like humic acid, fulvic acid, and wayyyyy more. Lots of carbon etc.... not sure but those acids mentioned may have carbon on them.

And I’m sure just about every macro and micro nutrient that plants use are in it as well. But i don’t know why it’s not listed. I’m guessing because concentrations aren’t always the same from bag to bag.

Here’s stuff (picture below) we use on golf greens which are growing in a 85:15 sand:peat moss mix. Sand has the lowest CEC (cation exchange capacity) clay has the highest. Simply meaning sand can’t hold as many nutrients as clay. And silt which is the third and final makeup of soil must be in between clay and sand. I don’t remember exactly.

Anyway this worm power has changed the turf industry in my opinion. I’ve seen bigger and deeper roots since using.




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[Crabby7Crabber]

I definitely checked out the topic because of the title, lol. But Xenocrab has a point; we spend so much money on them and they'd prefer poop we could just go pick up outside and bring in! Heck, I pick up dog poop every week in my backyard- I could just feed them that, lol, and they'd be happy! Haha!

[Links]

That might be ok but if it were me I’d only feed poop from an animal that I know is eating clean Whole Foods.


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[Hermiesguardian]

I definitely checked out the topic because of the title, lol. But Xenocrab has a point; we spend so much money on them and they'd prefer poop we could just go pick up outside and bring in! Heck, I pick up dog poop every week in my backyard- I could just feed them that, lol, and they'd be happy! Haha!

If you give your dog heartworm preventative, which is monthly, you can't feed them his poop. Or if he was dewormed. Or any other meds.

[Crabby7Crabber]

That might be ok but if it were me I’d only feed poop from an animal that I know is eating clean Whole Foods.


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I was just joking! I always feed my crabs foods that are fresh and not disgusting (except for the river shrimp! ugh!)

[curlysister]

Oh my, I can't believe this thread from almost two years ago has been resurrected. LOL.