What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by sabrinamae12 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:01 pm

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sabrinamae12 wrote:My guys are loving nectarines at the moment. And they love hard boiled egg yolk as well

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Omg both of those are such good ideas! My 3 are all going bonkers over the fresh honey I put in Image They're secretly bees I swear


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Oh yeah mine love honey! I got comb honey from a local Amish farm this past summer and I put a chunk of the comb in there for them. They sit on top of the comb and get the honey out. They adore that. And it's less messy for me than dealing with it in liquid form lol

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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:02 pm

sabrinamae12 wrote:
GabyRaven wrote:
sabrinamae12 wrote:My guys are loving nectarines at the moment. And they love hard boiled egg yolk as well

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Omg both of those are such good ideas! My 3 are all going bonkers over the fresh honey I put in Image They're secretly bees I swear


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Oh yeah mine love honey! I got comb honey from a local Amish farm this past summer and I put a chunk of the comb in there for them. They sit on top of the comb and get the honey out. They adore that. And it's less messy for me than dealing with it in liquid form lol

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Ooo the comb! Wish we had an Amish farm around here! Isn't it wax though? Didn't think that was edible Image


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by sabrinamae12 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:04 pm

GabyRaven wrote:
sabrinamae12 wrote:
GabyRaven wrote: Omg both of those are such good ideas! My 3 are all going bonkers over the fresh honey I put in Image They're secretly bees I swear


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Oh yeah mine love honey! I got comb honey from a local Amish farm this past summer and I put a chunk of the comb in there for them. They sit on top of the comb and get the honey out. They adore that. And it's less messy for me than dealing with it in liquid form lol

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Ooo the comb! Wish we had an Amish farm around here! Isn't it wax though? Didn't think that was edible Image


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Lol they don't eat the wax. Just get the honey out and leave the comb behind. Same with people Image

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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:05 pm

sabrinamae12 wrote:
GabyRaven wrote:
sabrinamae12 wrote: Oh yeah mine love honey! I got comb honey from a local Amish farm this past summer and I put a chunk of the comb in there for them. They sit on top of the comb and get the honey out. They adore that. And it's less messy for me than dealing with it in liquid form lol

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Ooo the comb! Wish we had an Amish farm around here! Isn't it wax though? Didn't think that was edible Image


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Lol they don't eat the wax. Just get the honey out and leave the comb behind. Same with people Image

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Ohhh that makes more sense! Kind of like a puzzle :)


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by CrabMater » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:25 pm

Plain boiled white rice and super dry crispy leaves are the two top foods in Krabbyville. :crabbigsmile:
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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:10 pm

CrabMater wrote:Plain boiled white rice and super dry crispy leaves are the two top foods in Krabbyville. :crabbigsmile:
Cool! What kind of leaves?


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by CrabMater » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:22 pm

Gaby i think its oak bc theres acorn nearby. And the leaf is scalloped. I would take a pic but it's such a pain uploading pics via a 3rd party
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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:38 pm

I've discovered a favourite of Vegeta's today - a 'crab salad'! Its mixed greens with pollen & seaweed bits, a little dry crumbled shrimp on top, with bits of apple and sugar beets, and a cod-liver oil dressing drizzled over top. 'Jeets usually isn't about at this time of day... but this recipe brought him scurrying out.
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Also put out raw and cooked sole today, to see if there's an obvious preference.

EDIT: they ignored both cooked and raw sole completely for two days. They only ate the salad. :|
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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:54 pm

CrabMater wrote:Gaby i think its oak bc theres acorn nearby. And the leaf is scalloped. I would take a pic but it's such a pain uploading pics via a 3rd party
Lol cool! There will be plenty of oak leaves to give them once I move to Savannah, but right now all there is is palm Image


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:55 pm

LadyJinglyJones wrote:I've discovered a favourite of Vegeta's today - a 'crab salad'! Its mixed greens with pollen & seaweed bits, a little dry crumbled shrimp on top, with bits of apple and sugar beets, and a cod-liver oil dressing drizzled over top. 'Jeets usually isn't about at this time of day... but this recipe brought him scurrying out.
:crabbigsmile:

Also put out raw and cooked sole today, to see if there's an obvious preference.
That sounds delicious! Might have to try that soon Image


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:14 pm

GabyRaven wrote: Lol cool! There will be plenty of oak leaves to give them once I move to Savannah, but right now all there is is palm Image
Hey, collect some palm leaves, dry & store them - palm leaves are part of the leaf litter in crabby places.. . Try including a bit in your tat! (Maybe bake first to eliminate potential insect eggs.)
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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:34 pm

LadyJinglyJones wrote:
GabyRaven wrote: Lol cool! There will be plenty of oak leaves to give them once I move to Savannah, but right now all there is is palm Image
Hey, collect some palm leaves, dry & store them - palm leaves are part of the leaf litter in crabby places.. . Try including a bit in your tat! (Maybe bake first to eliminate potential insect eggs.)
Omg you're right! I didn't even think about that! Perfect timing too, 'cause we just got some of the trees cut down to build a pool so there's leaves literally everywhere!


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by Menders » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:52 pm

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Dragonfreak wrote:They are like kids....When it comes to food

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They might... but their voices are to tiny to hear it :) As much as we peer in at them and move their stuff around, I think it's best we don't hear them! I have one crab that stands with a dead stare every time I move the water pools to fill them. She isn't afraid of me. It's more like she's worried I'm going to find something... like her diary!

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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by GabyRaven » Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:34 pm

Menders wrote:
GabyRaven wrote:
Dragonfreak wrote:They are like kids....When it comes to food

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Except they don't cry and whine all the time Image


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They might... but their voices are to tiny to hear it :) As much as we peer in at them and move their stuff around, I think it's best we don't hear them! I have one crab that stands with a dead stare every time I move the water pools to fill them. She isn't afraid of me. It's more like she's worried I'm going to find something... like her diary!
Ahaha you're so right, Janet is like that too, she's gotta be a honey badger, it's the only way to explain how much she just doesn't care Image Maybe she's hiding something under those poolsImage


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Re: What's Your Crab's Favorite Food?

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:56 am

GabyRaven wrote:
Menders wrote:
GabyRaven wrote: Except they don't cry and whine all the time Image


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They might... but their voices are to tiny to hear it :) As much as we peer in at them and move their stuff around, I think it's best we don't hear them! I have one crab that stands with a dead stare every time I move the water pools to fill them. She isn't afraid of me. It's more like she's worried I'm going to find something... like her diary!
Ahaha you're so right, Janet is like that too, she's gotta be a honey badger, it's the only way to explain how much she just doesn't care Image Maybe she's hiding something under those poolsImage


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You guys are awesome.
"Gaze upon the rolling deep..."
Quince the fat tailed gecko; Amazonian minnows; and now Harry & Luis, Bede & Aster, Chandra & Jace, Pax, & Piccolo, my adopted PPs.
RIP Vegita :(

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