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Feeding your Hermits

Hermit crabs are scavengers and eat a varied diet in the wild and need lots of protein, plant protein and calcium to be happy and healthy. Store brand foods contain preservatives that are not good for hermit crabs and can lead to stress and death. Hermit crabs also do not like to eat the same foods more then a few days in a row so if you provide the same diet everyday they may stop eating. Here is a list of some foods hermit crabs enjoy and that are easy to find and less expensive then commercial brand foods. There are many other things you can feed your hermits, this is just a short list of things I feed that are safe. 

Things to Avoid

sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, sulphur dioxide, table salts

Healthy Hermit Crab Foods

Cuttlebone
Mineral Blocks
Alfalfa Leaf
Dandelion Leafs
Dandelion Root
Calendula Flowers
Hibiscus Flowers
Jasmine Flowers
Rose Buds and Petals
Bee Pollen
Oak Bark
Carrots and Carrot Powder
Dried Crickets
Dried Mealworms
Dried Bloodworms
Dried Algae
Crushed Coral
Dried Plankton
Dried Shrimp
Dried Brineshrimp
Romaine Lettuce
Fresh Fruits 
Fresh Veggies
Salmon
Mackeral
Flounder
Snails
Bird Fruit and Nut Mixes
Chia Seeds
Alfalfa Seeds
Millet
Black Berry
Black Berry Leaves
Broccoli
Chicken and Cooked Bones
Cholla Wood
Corn
Eggshells
Maple Leaves
Hikari Crab Food
Pansy Flowers
Passion Flower
Plain Popcorn
Sea Plankton
Kelp
Green Kale
Rolled Oats
Sea Grass
Sand Dollars (unbleached)
Wheat
Wheat Grass
Wild Rice
Viola Flowers
Watermelon
Spinach
Spirulina
Sweet Potato
Tuna in Water
Applesauce
Squash
Timothy hay
Sage blossoms
Pistachio nuts (unsalted)
Mushrooms
Lilac
Lentils 
Lima Beans
Fish flakes w/out chemical preservatives
Day Lilies
Sunflower Seeds and Petals
Eggplant
Lobster
Radicchio (Red Cabbage)
 

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