Painted cholla.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:43 pm

I have painted cholla branches. My mom thinks the paint is non-toxic because it comes off easily. Shoudl i give it to my hermit crabs or not?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:47 am

for the same reason you wouldnt give hermit crabs painted shells i say no. see if you can remove the paint from the cholla by boiling it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:43 pm

I've already tried boiling it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:57 pm

take an exacto knife and try to peel off as much as you can. If you can't get all of it off, I wouldn't give it to them..

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:11 pm

I don't think I'll be giving it to them because the paint is on the indside, and I tried to peel it off with scissors, and nto all of it came off.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:53 am

I would have to agree to not give it to them. Simply b/c my crabbies eat the cholla & to get to parts of it, they would be ingesting the paint.