Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
I was watching my largest hermot crab and noticed that he was standing over something that looked like a piece of white plastic. It was not! It is poop. He pooped two poops that are as white as snow. I thought they were worms at first but they are definitely poop. Is this color normal or is it a sign of something bad?
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
Probably calcium
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
Hermie poop can come in all the colors of the rainbow. It just depends on what they ate last.Menders wrote:I was watching my largest hermot crab and noticed that he was standing over something that looked like a piece of white plastic. It was not! It is poop. He pooped two poops that are as white as snow. I thought they were worms at first but they are definitely poop. Is this color normal or is it a sign of something bad?
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
My Dora, who would eat only crushed oyster shells and apples if it were up to her often poops greyish white. I just quit filling the calcium dishes every day.
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??
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Yep.LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
Mine has pooped orange due to carrots.
Sometimes they keep it in their shells and empty it out at random times. Especially in the water or on the food dish. Mine do it on top of the things they climb on.LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??
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Re: Hermit crab poop, is this normal?
PinchersAndShells wrote:Mine has pooped orange due to carrots.
Sometimes they keep it in their shells and empty it out at random times. Especially in the water or on the food dish. Mine do it on top of the things they climb on.LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??
Haha - charming. :roll:
I can't believe I've fallen in love with an animal that hoards it's own poop.
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Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(
Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(