Baking and crushing egg shells?

[Kermie16]

Looking for some advice on how to bake egg shells and do I need to rinse them first? And put in food food processor to crush or any other tips/tricks?

[Nate the great]

I just rinse them and then microwave them in a cup fo water. It gets hot enough to kill the microbes.

[CallaLily]

Honestly, I just give eggshells to my crabs raw. They eat the goopy stuff out pretty quickly, then slowly munch on the shells. I toss it if it gets gross but they usually don't.

[Crabinski]

Like @CallaLily, I give my guys eggshell halves still containing a bit of liquid albumin which they love -- that way, they get the protein from the albumin and will pinch away at the shell for calcium. The half-shell not given to them is thoroughly rinsed in very hot water and dried. When I've amassed a number of half-shells, I crush them up by hand and then even smaller in a mortar and pestle; these crushed shells are added to their food dish and are also part of my homemade dry base mix.

[KayedeeLove<3]

So the goop isnt bad for them? Like salmonella?

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[Crabinski]

So the goop isnt bad for them? Like salmonella?

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Nope, it's fine. They'll consume it fairly quickly, leaving just the empty half-shell. I have 4 PPs, rarely all up at once, but that half-shell doesn't remain intact very long...after a few days, they've reduced it to down to almost nothing, just traces of little shell flakes.

[KayedeeLove<3]

Thanks i just cooked bacon egg & cheese pitas. Im gonna throw a shell in! I order wobbles from hermies kitchen (egg shells and dehydrated egg) just never tried freshly cracked eggs before.
They love fresh scrambled eggs! Can't wait to see!

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[CallaLily]

It is perfectly safe for the crabs. For you, be sure to wash your hands after handling and after tank maintenance (which I feel should be the case anyway but especially if you offer raw meat, eggs, etc).

[Kermie16]

Thanks guys! I usually just toss in the fresh egg shells. Almost daily I serve their fresh foods in the egg shells. But I've got a huge collection of frozen egg shells as well and thought maybe I could bake them then grind them down to sprinkle into the sub? Thoughts?