Eggs, a great food to offer

Crabby Abby · Post by **Crabby Abby** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:59 am

Just thought I'd bump a healthy, and easy to offer food that some people overlook in the protein food group. Eggs, they're not just for breakfast anymore! They contain high levels of zeaxanthin and cholesterol which is essential to health. While my clan will eat eggs however I offer them including dehydrated or FD scrambled, soft boiled with a pinch of their marine salt sprinkled lightly over the top is their favorite and they love them. I try not to offer hard boiled often, if at all because I think cooking the eggs to that point destroys essential nutrients (I have nothing to support that, it's just my theory.) Eggs should ideally be offered once a week.

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:50 am

This sound perfect for tonight! I think my crabs are getting burnt out on the food I've been giving. My group seems to like microwave scrambled eggs. (I don't cook for them with our teflon pots) I would like to know how else I can do it.What exactly is a soft boiled egg? Is it a poached egg?What did you give them tonight? Soft boiled? The yolk looks cooked, but not fully.I have to be careful with scrambled eggs, for some reason I get a terrible upset stomach whenever I cook them. I've tried cooking them until they are dry and even adding milk, which helps a little.Your theory about hard boiled eggs does make sense. The more you cook something or even let it set out will destroy nutrients.

gsgirl19(: · Post by **gsgirl19(:** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:56 am

Mine love the microwaved scrambled eggs too. It's the first thing out of the dish when it is served.

Eskielvr · Post by **Eskielvr** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:17 am

I can't get mine to take any fresh food very well. Never could. I might try the soft boiled method sometime. Even when I offer honey, the end up burying it instead. I offered some peanut butter tonight, will see what they do it with later, lol

Crabby Abby · Post by **Crabby Abby** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:28 am

That's an old photo but about 4 minutes boiling should produce the consistency you see in the picture. A little more cooked than soft boiled but not quite hard so the yolk is still a little moist.Eskielvr, keep trying. Many people find that crabs must see something a minimum of four times before they'll try it. Even with fresh shrimp that was the case with mine. To offer honey I put it in a bottle cap and then set the cap in a small ceramic dish that's not so easy to tip. I think I got it in the small animals aisle of the petstore, for hamsters or something. It's the perfect size, shallow enough to offer claw dipping access but not so shallow it tips or buries easy. You can see the dish in the back behind the green water dish. (the ceramic one is also green)

Eskielvr · Post by **Eskielvr** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:03 pm

If they can bury their water dishes, which holds a cup of water each, they can bury anything. They've even buried their coconut hut!

Crabby Abby · Post by **Crabby Abby** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:44 pm

Got a coconut fiber climbing mat? You can cut a piece to use on the substrate as a placemat and set your dish on that.

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:59 pm

If your containers have lids then you can bury those just under the surface and put the dish ontop of it. That is what I do. It discourages digging a bunch of bridges into the water and helps to prevent them from digging out all of the sand underneath and sinking the dish.

beka · Post by **beka** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:19 am

Funny, I also served scrambled/no milk or water added yesterday and by the morning it's covered in subby footprints! I usually serve boiled eggs and will def try soft boiled eggs too! My guys love eggs and shells....yum

latieplolo · Post by **latieplolo** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:16 am

When I make scrambled eggs, I save a little and put it in an eggshell "cup." They'll sit in there all day stuffing their faces!And eggs are really healthy for people, too. My nutrition professor spent a long time highlighting how eggs are one of the only sources of protein that can be completely absorbed by the human digestive tract.

guitarsjb · Post by **guitarsjb** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:06 am

My guys seem to prefer them scrambled. Made them one yesterday as a matter of fact.