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Atypical things hermit crabs can eat

Hermit crabs are omnivorous scavengers in the wild. There are lots of different foods that a hermit crab can eat. We have several different food lists for commonly fed items. Check out a few of the atypical things that hermit crabs can eat:

Feces – herbivorous animal droppings. In Quirimba hermit crabs are known to eat human waste as well.
Fish flakes or pellets – only if they are free of ethoxyquin, (usually found in fish meal) and copper sulfate. Both are toxic.
Bloodworms
Mealworms
Earthworms
Cuttlebone – great source of calcium
Bonemeal – great source of calcium
Cicadas and their exoskeletons (most other bugs too)
Worm castings
Greensand

Compressus eating guinea pig feces
Compressus eating guinea pig feces by Stacy Griffith
Cicada exoskeletons
Cicada exoskeletons

References

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327147202_Ethoxyquin_a_feed_additive_poses_a_risk_for_aquatic_life

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.html

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2015-09-07
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: atypical, edibles, food, hermit crab, hermit crab care
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