nutrition

A Holiday Feast for Hermit Crabs

Tagged: christmas, diet, eat, food, holiday, meal, nutrition, potatoes, safe, thanksgiving, turkey

***REMEMBER NO SEASONINGS OR ADDED SUGAR*** Safe to feed: Turkey raw or cooked Save the neck and giblet bag for the crabs Turkey bones Crack them open so they can get at the marrow. Potatoes No eyes or green parts raw or cooked. Veggies raw or cooked *no onions or garlic* Dark Leafy Greens must be cooked first. Nuts ground, whole, chunks. Fruits Sour fruit will not be eaten (for example: they will not eat like lemon) Oils pure and cold pressed are best Herbs No Rosemary evergreen family. If you brine or injected with rosemary or rosemary oils compound butters etc could have absorbedRead More →

Correction: Feeding Guide

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 →

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

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

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 →

Learning to prepare food for your hermit crabs

In: Food and Nutrition

Tagged: benefits, diet, feeding, food, healthy, hermit crab, nutrition, prepare, tools

Written by Julia Crab 2005 Coconuts: A Really Tough Nut to Crack Yeah, these guys are tricky to open. But the fresh meat and milk inside are crab ambrosia. The best method for opening them is to employ an adult human male. Barring access to one of those, note the three depressions at one end of the coconut. These are the coconut’s eyes. An icepick, a chisel, or a strong slot head screwdriver placed firmly in the center of one of the eyes, and bashed firmly and repeatedly by a hammer will eventually reward those with perseverance. A drill or jigsaw can also be employedRead More →

Color enhancing foods

In: Food and Nutrition

Tagged: astaxanthin, benefits, booster, carotenoid, color, diet, enhancing, feeding, food, healthy, hermit crab, nutrition, tannins, Zeaxanthin

Great idea for an experiment. I have done some research on colour enhancing foods and figuring out how to get crabs a certain colour. If you want really dark brown colour hermit crabs then give them lots of foods rich in tannins such as Brown Oak Leaves, Brown Oak Bark (pesticide free). This comes from Carol of CrabWorks. Her hermit crabs have been eating this since they were itty bitty crabbies, 28+ years ago! If you want orange hues that foods such as carrots, marigold petals have been known to create an increase in orange colour. Foods rich in Astaxanthin are what you are lookingRead More →

Adulterants & Additives in hermit crab food

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 →

Going Natural Beginner’s List

In: Food and Nutrition

Tagged: beginners, diet, eating, feeding, food, foods, going, hermit crab, hermit crab care, list, natural, nutrition, organic

If you are limited to what organics you can find or afford check out this list of foods that are safe to buy non-organic and foods that you should always buy organic: Dirty Dozen Food List written by Kerie Campbell If you’ve decided to get rid of commercial diet completely, and go natural, here is a list of the recommended human-grade beginner foods. These are the highest in nutrition and will make a good base for adding fresh fruit, vegetables and meat too. Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (olive oil will do in a pinch) for cooking eggs, etc. Hemp seed meal (very high in HUFAs,Read More →

Hermit Crab Food Recipes

In: Food and Nutrition

Tagged: benefits, diet, feeding, food, guide, healthy, hermit crab, hermit crab care, home made, natural, nutrition, organic, recipes

Unfortunately I have no indications as to who may have created this list though I suspect the list came from Kerie Campbell. I know there are endless food ideas but these may help get you started. Fruity Fish & Flowers II dried calendula (about 2 tsp.) dried chamomile (about 1 tsp.) coconut chunk large papaya chunk pink flame rose bud Kibble and place in the serving dish. Air-pop about 1 Tbl. amaranth shred some dulse 1 Tbl. Flott tuna 1 tsp rolled oats large pinch dandelion root large pinch dried dandelion leaf. Kibble and place on top of the fruit dish, sort of a reverse-chutney.Read More →

Hermit Crab Nutrition Table

In: Food and Nutrition

Tagged: diet, food, health, hermit crab, hermit crab care, minerals, nutrition, vitamins

Feeding your hermit crab a balanced diet as they would experience in the wild is vital to their ongoing health. We highly recommend keeping worm castings, calcium, and greensand on hand and in your tank daily. Both are highly nutritious and are loved by hermit crabs. This chart breaks down the nutritional needs and includes some food suggestions. Hermit Crab Nutrition Table by Lisa L. Download the chart as a PDF Also check out Kilimanjaro’s Guide to Hermit Crab Nutrition Read More →