New to crabbing but first time seeing this, Is putting oil for your crabs necessary? I plan on getting hermit

[Jason13219]

Looked it up apparently to much oil can kill then, some people recommend giving them oily foods like coconut but I was just wondering if any of guys do this and if it will make your crab live longer


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[HoseWater]

I’ve never heard of giving crabs oil, other than what oils they would naturally get from their food. I would be highly skeptical of anyone suggesting you put essential oils in your crabitat tbh. I think as long as you feed a balanced diet you’ll be fine


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[JoeHermits]

Some crabs will consume small amounts of oil but they don’t need an entire line of gourmet oils like that. I highly doubt too much oil will kill them (unless that’s all they get to eat or they fall into a tub of it) but a bit of olive oil is probably as much as I would offer


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[curlysister]

That looks like a money making scheme!

[crabocado]

An entire line of gourmet oils for crabs sounds like overkill! (it's an entertaining thought though.) Also I'm not sure from the image, but those look kind of like "high-end" oils with extra stuff added so I would be wary of possible additives that might not be crab-friendly.

I will say though, I do have a squeeze-pack of Nutiva organic coconut oil from Whole Foods ("virgin" style, and it's organic). It has only one ingredient so seems really safe. I give a dab to my crab every couple weeks. I really have no idea if she eats it though.