They're not eating their carrot

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:55 am

SoulEater wrote:Well only a small, microscopic bit each but after that they drag it around the whole tank and leave it where they want to. Mine doesn't really care about meat to be honest and i cook it too cause i'm not sure whether its clean or not to serve raw.

Sure sounds like a normal, healthy crab to me...I swear, they're just like teenagers, with shells!

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:00 am

Hermycrabitat21 wrote:like as in crickets and meal worms that are alive fresh?

I usually crush their heads before putting them in the habitat.

I put a still chirping cicada in the other day; they just stared at it like it was a bizarre zoo exhibit...

Mighty hunters my crabbies.

SoulEater · Post by **SoulEater** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:42 am

Haha teenagers. Well thats a bit cruel towards the crciket but...

Where did you find a cicada? Thats a bit akward. I could try crickets when my dad buys some for his birds.

Hermycrabitat21 · Post by **Hermycrabitat21** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:26 pm

would they attack the live crickets if i put them in? and large or small? at petco they have freeze dried crickets.. would they eat that to?

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:40 pm

SoulEater wrote: Where did you find a cicada?

I went outside my house and plucked one from the side of a tree.

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:46 pm

Hermycrabitat21 wrote:would they attack the live crickets if i put them in? and large or small? at petco they have freeze dried crickets.. would they eat that to?

I'm not sure if they would attack live crickets... They might sit and stare at them until they died, then eat them...

Large or small, no difference.

Freeze-dried would be fine, too.

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Hermycrabitat21 · Post by **Hermycrabitat21** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:15 pm

awsome! thanks!

SoulEater · Post by **SoulEater** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:25 pm

@Zippity:Haha kewl. If only my house had crickets. Fresh from the yard everyday.

I got freeze-dried shrimp but i'm not sure whether they'll eat it or not.

Hermycrabitat21 · Post by **Hermycrabitat21** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:27 pm

ooo mine love freeze dried shrimp, and bloodworms, and krill, it doesnt hurt to give them acouple days, they need the protein.

SoulEater · Post by **SoulEater** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:02 am

I guess i'll feed them some today. And do you give them seaweed dry or wet?

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:19 pm

SoulEater wrote:I guess i'll feed them some today. And do you give them seaweed dry or wet?

I give it to them dry; the humidity in the tank moistens the seaweed after several hours.

SoulEater · Post by **SoulEater** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:22 pm

Oh ok. Insomnia... I'm awake and its now 4.22 am

Hermycrabitat21 · Post by **Hermycrabitat21** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:20 am

Zippity- you were insanely right, i got the freeze dried crickets and my crabs loved it! i put one in there bowl to see what they would do and they tore it to shreds! pieces everywhere... hahahaa i think they liked the head the most.. its completely gone!

zippity · Post by **zippity** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:32 am

SoulEater...I guess then I"m not the only person awake and staring at the crabs in the middle of the night.

Hermicrabitat21, I'm extremely new to crabbing but with my picky children and crabbies I've learned it's all about variety...keep offering as many different choices as you can; they'll get what they need, and you'll learn what they like.

On another note, King Henry VIII, has been eating peanut butter and honey off a toothpick for me this weekend. Once, he even reached up, grabbed the toothpick, and pulled it down for better access!

SoulEater · Post by **SoulEater** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:22 pm

Haha that's so cute. Been busy the past week so had no time to reply or see.