HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:49 am

@crabber101, HBH isn't using copper sulfate any more they have replaced it with copper proteinate which is much safer and since its placed near the bottom of the ingredients list it is only a very small dosage. Here is a link to Jedi Master Thrash's most recent thread on HBH variety bites.Copper sulfate is harmful to hermitcrabs in higher doses but the level necessary to make it a pesticide is about a thousand times that of what constitutes a preservative being typically less than a 1mg.Of course the issue with copper sulfate is long term exposure but if you give your hermitcrabs a mixed and varied diet the likely-hood of overdosing or poisoning your hermitcrabs is very low.

sonny · Post by **sonny** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:20 am

thank you, my crabs and i always like to try new stuff

crabber101 · Post by **crabber101** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:26 am

Thanks for the info Crabber85!

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:32 am

Your both very welcome.

Tetra4CClyPtus · Post by **Tetra4CClyPtus** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:51 am

So is HBH variety bites proven safe??

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:06 pm

@T4, well not so much proven but it has been deemed safe since they HBH redid the product and removed the ethoxyquin as the main preservative and replaced it with a form of Vitamin E(Mixed tocopherols).

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:52 am

I actually doubted that it wouldn't have anything in it that would raise question with me. I just got some as well as a few other things. Guess I will see how the crabs like them tonight.

Jimmy · Post by **Jimmy** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:13 am

I'm gonna have to pick some up the next time I go to the pet store. That sounds promising.

finalfantasyxii · Post by **finalfantasyxii** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:27 pm

My crabs can't WAIT to try some!

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:28 pm

I put some in the box with the new E's and I found one sitting in the dish munching away while I cleaned up the tank for them.

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:39 pm

quote:Originally posted by dylan644:I put some in the box with the new E's and I found one sitting in the dish munching away while I cleaned up the tank for them. Yup mine are the same way I can put this food in for them and the second the bottle goes into the tank they are heading for the food dish and then sit in it and eat all night and into the next day.lol

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:28 pm

I almost picked up the cookies for them too, until I saw that it still had ethoxyquin. Wonder why they didn't redo that as well.

Also, I don't know if they would easily be able to eat the cookies. I didn't like how hard they looked. They where like small stones!

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:09 am

quote:Originally posted by dylan644:I almost picked up the cookies for them too, until I saw that it still had ethoxyquin. Wonder why they didn't redo that as well.

Also, I don't know if they would easily be able to eat the cookies. I didn't like how hard they looked. They where like small stones! Yeah I haven't ever used the cookies because they look to hard to be edible plus the ingredients list is still iffy on the product.I don't know why they reformulated the Variety bites and not the cookies its a bit confusing to me too to say the least.