Feeding Chicken

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Feeding Chicken

Post by piratetoothgir » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:06 am

Hi, I just fed my hermit crabs their first bit of raw chicken last night.
How do I expect them to approach it at first? Are they going to attack it, and devour it, or are they going to take time to get used to it?

I got all natural chicken thighs, and diced them into a few bits, which were placed in their bowl.
They dragged one out, and covered it in dirt (picky crabs!) not far from the bowl.

Anyway, what should I expect from my crabs?
They are all PP's.
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Post by aussieJJDude » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:58 am

They may demolish it; they may just nibble. Every crab - and group of crabs - are different. :)

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Re: Feeding Chicken

Post by piratetoothgir » Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:15 am

aussieJJDude wrote:They may demolish it; they may just nibble. Every crab - and group of crabs - are different. :)

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Alright, thanks!
I will be feeding various new veggies, and leaves today, with a bit of honey.
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Re: Feeding Chicken

Post by Just Jay » Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:58 pm

Fanatic wrote:Hi, I just fed my hermit crabs their first bit of raw chicken last night.
How do I expect them to approach it at first? Are they going to attack it, and devour it, or are they going to take time to get used to it?

I got all natural chicken thighs, and diced them into a few bits, which were placed in their bowl.
They dragged one out, and covered it in dirt (picky crabs!) not far from the bowl.

Anyway, what should I expect from my crabs?
They are all PP's.
I feed mine a mix of raw, dried and dehydrated meats. The most ive gotten is a quick shuffle to a dish. [They also do this for some other things as well]

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Re: Feeding Chicken

Post by piratetoothgir » Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:23 pm

Next week I'll introduce a little more chicken, just so they become familiar with it.
I just started feeding them meats.
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Re: Feeding Chicken

Post by Just Jay » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:22 pm

Fanatic wrote:Next week I'll introduce a little more chicken, just so they become familiar with it.
I just started feeding them meats.
They are omnivores so they like a surprising amount of different foods. I use vital essential treats and they are all crab safe; plus usually cheaper that reptile stuff. [The dog is a larger size than cat.] They have great things like whole minnows. I like a few other raw dog/cat treats. Even some chicken insect treats that are just dehydrated insects. The favorites are Plato dried whole caplin, [haven't tried the hunders crunch but may it's just fish skin] a dried shrimp, [koren snack food found at local China mart] honey and oranges. A few other things are popular too but thats the main foods for my PPs personally.

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Re: Feeding Chicken

Post by piratetoothgir » Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:34 pm

What about river shrimp in water, are those any good?
I fed honey, and coconut tonight.


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Post by aussieJJDude » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:22 am

Should be fine. Depends on if there are any hidden additives. If its just shrimp and water, its ok.

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