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Canola

Correction: Feeding Guide

2018-01-22
In: General
Tagged: canola, diet, feeding, food, guide, healthy, hermit crab, information, nutrition

Please be advised that there is an error on the printable feeding guide. The version on the website has been updated. Please update your copy. REMOVE CANOLA OIL.  Canola oil is not safe.  We apologize for the error.Read More →

Local Reps European Invasion – Hungary!

2017-06-26
In: General
Tagged: hermit crab, hungarian, hungary, information, local representative

That’s right, HUNGARY! We have our first European Local Representative joining us.  Please welcome Veronika Barany Berthane to the team! This mother of two became the owner of a couple hermit crabs when a friend of her child no longer wanted them. With a little bit of searching she found our Facebook group. After joining our group and learning all she could about hermit crab care she decided to help others in her region by translating our care practices and establishing a hermit crab care blog and a Facebook group in Hungarian. Veronika also posts pictures of her hermit crabs babies on Instagram.    From Veronika: IRead More →

Most commercial hermit crab foods contain toxic ethoxyquin and/or copper sulfate. Fish meal typically contains hidden ethoxyquin that is not required to be listed.

What’s for dinner? A hermit crab food guide!

2016-04-22
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: benefits, diet, feeding, food, guide, healthy, hermit crab, information, needed, nutrition, nutritious, sick, what to buy, where to buy

In an effort to simplify feeding for hermit crab owners we have put together a few printable hermit crab food guides.  These should be used in conjunction with our safe and unsafe lists. *Nutritional Guide *Foraging Guide *Where to Buy Guide *What to Feed and Why Guide ****The files can be downloaded at the bottom of the article.**** If you have additions or corrections for any of these guides or other food lists please send them to crabstreetjournal@gmail.com As we don’t allow commenting due to spammers. Additional food related articles: Safe and Unsafe Wood Edible Flowers What Foods are Good and Bad? Beneficial Foods ContainingRead More →

Beneficial Foods Containing Zeaxanthin

2015-09-19
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: beneficial, benefits, booster, carotenoid, color, diet, enhancer, feeding, food, guide, healthy, hermit crab, important, information, nutrition, Zeaxanthin

Written by Julia Crab Saturday, 19 November 2005 Zeaxanthin is an important precursor to astaxanthin, the carotenoid crustaceans need most to regulate their body systems. If astaxanthin is hard to come by, then zeaxanthin is the substance that coenobita need most. Beta carotene, while a valuable carotenoid, is not used as efficiently by crabs and is not of as much dietary use as zeaxanthin is. The following lists are of zeaxanthin-containing foods. There are three lists, one each for foods containing high, moderate, and low or trace amounts of this important substance. They are partial and will be updated as new information comes in. FeedRead More →

Foods Containing Carotenids

2015-09-19
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: benefits, beta carotenids, booster, carotene, color, diet, enhancer, feeding, food, healthy, hermit crab, information

Written by Julia Crab Sunday, 07 August 2005 This list contains foods that are moderate to high in beta carotene: apricots bell pepper of any color, red being the highest in carotenids blueberries broccoli cantaloupe carrot chard cilantro (raw) collard greens dandelion greens (raw) fava beans in the pod (raw) grape leaves (raw) lettuce (dark varieties, not iceburg which is nutritionally empty) mango papaya parsley (raw) passionfruit peaches peas persimmon pineapple pumpkin and squash, and seeds (dried) snap beans (raw) spinach spirulina seaweeds and microalgaes sweet potato Astaxanthin is another carotenid found in shrimp and krill and red seaweeds, that the crabs also use. TanninRead More →

Adulterants & Additives in hermit crab food

2015-09-19
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: addivitives, avoid, cakes, chemicals, copper sulfate, diet, ethoxyquin, feeding, fish meal, food, healthy, hermit crab, information, label, meal, nutrition, pellets

Written by Julia Crab Monday, 01 August 2005 What follows is a list of ingredients added to commercial and processed foods that may harm hermit crab health when fed. While I believe that these substances should be avoided, there is no actual scientific proof that these are harmful. This list is being compiled as a guide to dietary harm reduction. The key to good diet, in crabs, other pets, and people, is informed label reading. Anything enzyme modified * Anything fermented * Anything protein fortified * Ascorbyl Palmitate Autolyzed yeast * Barley malt * BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole) BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) Bouillon and Broth * CalciumRead More →

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