Homemade Clay Decorations?

[DancingCorgi]

This is kind of a weird question, but I was wanting to get some new toys/climbing structures for my hermies and I thought, what if I made some out of clay? It's Sculpey that gets baked to hardness in the oven. Would this be safe for hermit crabs to play on?

[Kleinerhejhog]

Interesting idea, curious what everybody thinks.

[wodesorel]

It needs to be a pure clay from a known safe source, since they will try to eat it. Something like Montmorillonite or Bentonite clay would work, or anything else that is human or animal safe.

[cathagi]

I used to work with polymer clay and I would be careful. I remember rules about not allow young children/babies with it because they'd put it in their mouths. I know for sure that the dust is bad for anyone so the crabs picking at it and eating it may not be a good idea.


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[DancingCorgi]

Okay thanks for the info!