do hermit crabs......poo

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do hermit crabs......poo

Post by crabcrazygal »

i know its a gross quistion, but i was wondering if they did coz you dont find it in the tank (or at least i dont) (?)
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Post by emmac350 »

Yes, they do. It looks like little black pellets or, if it's longer, little black noodles. The color and size changes based off the size of crab and their diet.
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If it eats it poo's.
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Post by deathbatbabe6661 »

my lil guys looks like black stringy things... when you bath them, they swish there shells, that removes the poo.....i read some where that they poop from some where on there face,(not the pee from antane thing,) but i find it a bunch of balogini
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That is a bunch of bologna, they poop into their shells and kick it out either in the water or in the sand somewhere. I have had mine remove the poop in their shells on the Mopani wood before I had to take it out of the tank. I would move it and poop would always fall off of it into the sand. They loved to use it as their toliet.
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wow..haha i would be iritated with all my poo being stored in my mini house.
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Post by ladybug15057 »

Chermo is correct, and they roll their poo into the sausage type looking 'thing' and do push it out of their shells.
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ladybug15057 wrote:Chermo is correct, and they roll their poo into the sausage type looking 'thing' and do push it out of their shells.
what if there just.....blobs?
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Mmmhmm. You need to meet Hermez the poopologist. LOL
This is blueberry poo.
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carrot/mango poo:

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Guava poo:
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choya wood poo:
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