crushed cuttle bone?

Post by **Lady WolfStorm** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:42 pm

I am not sure if this is part of "Food/Water" or if it should belong somewhere else, but since it is often referred to being given to a hermit crab for "nutritional" value.........

Is there a commercial product for crushed cuttlebone, or is it something that you buy and then throw in a blender (I'd think it would break the blender!)

Kilimanjaro · Post by **Kilimanjaro** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:25 pm

You could always buy a cuttlebone and then crush it. My favorite method is to put it in a Ziploc bag and wrap it in a towel. Afterwards, hit it with a hammer and it will powder.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:46 pm

i got my cuttlebone from http://www.thecrabbagepatch.com/. I put a block of cuttlebone in a plastic bag and hit it with a wooden spoon. Then you can sprinkle it on their food, or sprinkle it on honey =]

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:52 pm

Cuttlebone is actually pretty soft (you can scrape it with your fingernail), so it won't break the blender. I don't crush it up, though. I just put whole cuttlebones in the crabitat, and the hermies scrape off what they need.

Post by **Lady WolfStorm** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:00 pm

Cuttlebone is actually pretty soft (you can scrape it with your fingernail), so it won't break the blender. I don't crush it up, though. I just put whole cuttlebones in the crabitat, and the hermies scrape off what they need.

Come to think of it.... I do remember something about how "soft" the bone actually is... I used to own a bird and had cuttlebone....

Crushed or whole, it wouldn't need to be replaced like normal food and water, right?

ElinaGrace · Post by **ElinaGrace** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:43 pm

I only put small chunks in my crabitat, about the size of my pinky nail...They demolish it pretty easily, so I would assume they don't have trouble eating it..

Maybe scratch some off every so often onto their food...
I don't think I've ever had a problem with it being left in the tat..

Although once it fell into the water... But hey, who doesn't love calcified water?!

Tetracolor · Post by **Tetracolor** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:24 pm

If you don't want to break your own you can get already powdered cuttlebone from the Addiction Store.

Post by **Lady WolfStorm** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:07 pm

If you don't want to break your own you can get already powdered cuttlebone from the Addiction Store.

I was going to post something about that the other day during my internet organic shopping spree, when the site was moved without warning and I couldn't get in

I didn't order any. I saw these "flavored" cuttlebone for 99 cents and got grape flavored. I hope it's okay. I haven't actually used it yet though.