Does any one know if hermit crabs can eat other reptile/amphibian foods? Because a friend recently got me Newt/Salamander food, and I was wondering if hemit cabs can also eat this. Please only serious hermit crab owners. Thanks!

Hi 🙂 (Am a land hermit crab owner with over 2 years experience)
If the food is preservative free (ethoxyquin, copper sulfates and the like) then it should be fine to feed to your hermit crabs.
For a more comprehensive list of what hermit crabs can eat, I highly recommend the 'Epicurean Hermit safe food list'
http://www.epicureanhermit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=9

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My wife recently started volunteering at an acquarium and small zoo. She has bee in contact with reptiles, amphibians, fish, bearcats, rabbits, bats, birds, their enviorments and their foods. Yesterday I noticed our feline was not well. He has since recovered, but I thought it may have been something brought home from the zoo. I have heard that salmanilla is often found on iguanas and turtles, that true? What about foot and mouth or other type viruses? Its a samll zoo so there are no large animals like elephants which I have been told carry hepititus but I am interested in preventing the preventable. Please advise.

salmonella is commonly found in the waste material of most reptiles and amphibians. The best way to avoid it is to wash one's hands after working around them.

other pathogens are very rare but can be deadly if aquired. the best example is "parrot fever", a virus which is fatal to both birds and humans. This is not "bird flu", but a much more virulent species of virus.

mammals can host a number of contageous virus diseases. rabies is the best known and even herbivores like cattle can aquire it. cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants can also carry anthrax, a bacterial disease.

"pox" viruses are quite capable of being passed from animals to humans. cammel pox and monkey pox are good examples. cowpox was used as the first vaccine against a human pox virus known as smallpox. dairy maids aquired an immunity after contracting a case of much milder cowpox.

rodents carry hemmoragic fever viruses. these viruses are amoungst some of the most deadly of human virus diseases. the African ebola virus is a member of this family. another species seems to be spread by southwestern deermice. this is a lung infection which can kill its victims within 24 hours of contact.

Bacterial infections are frequently due to foriegn strains of E. coli, a bacterium which inhabits the large intestines of mammals. Some strains of this bacteria are harmful to humans. the 157 strain is responcible for food poisoning. other gut bacteria can cause cholera. hog cholera can be passed to humans, I believe.

besides diseases, there are also paracites. the worst of these appear to be flatworms. these creatures are specialized to reproduce in one host and mature in another entirely different species. molluscs are frequent hosts. the common planobarius aquarium snail is host to the bilhartsia paracite. there are many species of bilhartsia with varying degrees of severity. this organism reproduces in the human liver, causing swelling and bleeding. the adults then pass eggs and the larva infect pond snails. when humans drink infected water, the cycle starts again. fortunately for fish keepers, no aquarium snail is now infected and the chain has been broken. giant African land snails have not been domesticated long enough to break the cycle however, and most are infected with lung paracites which can infect humans. these enormous land snails are great zoo attractions, but now illegal to import because of the risk of disease transmission.

most zoos have highly trained vets to keep their equally highly valuable animals healthy. of course, costs factor much more in small operations, so take this into account.

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My clawed frogs have gotten larger and larger and larger lol. It seems that they never get full. So far they eat turtle (amphibian sticks), the occasional housefly or other bug I can catch etc. It seems they recently also ate the algae eaters( chinese algae eaters ) they were small. So I am wondering if they would eat some feeder goldfish and what else could I feed them. Earthworms are good but they are expensive because of all the fisherman and I worry about feeding wild earthworms because we live in the city and they could have toxins on them.

Don't feed goldfish. They have small spines that could hurt the frogs. My ACF's eat shrimp pellets, Nutrifin tablets and krill mostly. You don't have to feed them live food all the time, but it is a nice treat for them occasionally.
I suggest experimenting with sinking fish pellets and see what they like.

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Ok I'm raising 112 tadpoles for 11 classes in my mom's school. I have raised them before for a few years, but every time it's come to froglets it've kinda been a lil ify on food. I've tried (altho i dont kno if it helped) to give them turtle food in past years (that is, dried maggots origionally for turtles), and once it comes in overseas I'm trying foster and smith's amphibian food so see if it works.

I was also thinking of cultavating maggots (put old meat in a jar, cover with gauze, and let flies lay eggs on the gauze-like that one italian guy did in the 1500's), but I have no clue if it would work.

I would give them bloodworms but my attempts to find them in the wild are failures and the petstore stopped carrying them.

Will the turtle food work, or even some raw meat? I always thought movement triggered the reaction.

Thank you sooo much.
Also these are froglets that just barley lost their tails completely.

Aren't froglets cute??

In the wild, the froglets would have food available at all times and it is important that the froglets can feed when they feel the need. To provide food in the setup, springtails can be introduced into the substrate and a piece of fruit can be left in the setup which will attract the fruit flies. By doing this, the froglets should be able to find food without the food causing stress to the froglets (i.e., the flies crawling on the froglets). Froglets should always have food available. Some people have reported that froglets that go more than 24 hrs without food may die.

If you don't know where to get springtails – go here:
http://www.edsflymeat.com/

Good luck!
~Morgana

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