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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.**** Safe Food list you can print: https://docs.google.com/document/d/113toruv4u7NJxPYdM8-xVXZ7W4duiC54EvKqrh33-pY/edit?usp=sharing 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 WoodEdible FlowersWhat Foods are GoodRead More →

FAQ What foods are good and bad for hermit crabs?

2012-10-16
In: FAQ, Food and Nutrition
Tagged: benefits, diet, feeding, food, good, healthy, hermit crab, nutrition, safe, unsafe, where to buy

Hermit Crabs are beach scavengers and they can and will eat a wide range of things. General rules: Avoid chemicals, pesticides, table salt, moldy foods, plants that are toxic to animals. For hermit crab nutritional needs and the foods that provide them, download the nutritional food chart as a PDF by clicking in the gray box below. Written by Kerie Campbell Fruits – Fresh or Wrinkly? I’ve read a lot about fresh fruits being in their diets, which I use a lot of BTW. But I’ve read a lot about people putting in fruits that are old and wrinkling up. Is one better than theRead More →

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