HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Posted: **Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:43 pm**

I have painted cholla branches. My mom thinks the paint is non-toxic because it comes off easily. Shoudl i give it to my hermit crabs or not?

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:47 am**

for the same reason you wouldnt give hermit crabs painted shells i say no. see if you can remove the paint from the cholla by boiling it.

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:43 pm**

I've already tried boiling it.

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:57 pm**

take an exacto knife and try to peel off as much as you can. If you can't get all of it off, I wouldn't give it to them..

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:11 pm**

I don't think I'll be giving it to them because the paint is on the indside, and I tried to peel it off with scissors, and nto all of it came off.

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:53 am**

I would have to agree to not give it to them. Simply b/c my crabbies eat the cholla & to get to parts of it, they would be ingesting the paint.

Painted cholla.