HCA: Hermit Crab Association

As a treat it should be fine. I give my Skippy peanut butter on occasion and they do just fine with it...I try and mix it with something or spread it thinly, but all the same, they do enjoy the safe nut and seed "butters"

Ive given mine butternut, acorn, spaghetti & yellow squash....as well as pumpkin and zucchini and it worked out pretty well with them enjoying the squash.

Ive heard them called "Hedge Balls". They are sold around here for winter insect repellents that you can have inside or where ever...

I would say no, since they are an insect repellent, makes me thing they have an "odor" to them or oils that is not appreciated.

Tiger Lilies are "asiatic lilies" I believe and are toxic. Only the TRUE Day Lilies are ok for hermit crabs to eat. :) (The day lily usually has one bloom on a stem and long leafs at the base of the plant rather than multiple flowers on a stalk with short leafs all the way up the plant stem like the...

So inspired by Kili, I have just made:

Hibiscus-Chamomile-Cranberry Crabby Jello....its in the fridge, Ill let you know how they like it!


Too bad I dont have any more Rooibos around...mmmm....I still have 3 packets of plain gelatin left...what ever will I do?

Shes beautiful! and so are the others Sahara sounds like my Mandarin....always out running around, and loves the camera! lol

Looks like fun trip! :) Nice lookin crabbies too! I have some questions for you! What other foods did he feed them? Did he make the fries or are they like McDonalds fries? (its a valid question ;) ) And it looks like there are metal food and water dishes....now I thought metals leeched into the wate...

Ohhh great idea Kili!!! I have some plain gelatin, Im gonna have to do that!!! The crab gods know my clan is always looking for new tasty treats.....YUM-O!

Thought I would post some pics of some of my crabbies that Ive had for a while that i have recent pics of as well. Sylvestra...ive had her for 6 years now, shes one of the biggest crabs I have. I got her while i was still using commercial foods, during which she lost her vision. Shes been blind for ...

Babyfoods are really good for this, Ive had to hand feed and water a few Es that were destroyed during molting. One recovered pretty well while preparing to molt....molt didnt go so well---the days of commercial foods! For him, I mixed some of the fruit blend baby foods or the meat blend baby foods ...

Gathering items from outside, especially in a city, makes me a tad nervous unless you know a lot about their surroundings. Cities tend to be dirty--not like dirt dirty but like pollution from cars, pesticides, fertilizers, run-off from who knows where. I would really stick with a "sure thing"--somet...

The crablettes are having: Steak strips sauteed in EVOO, Coconut Cream, and Tahitian Algae paste Walnuts softened in said sautee sauce Fresh Mango Healthy-Herp Freeze Dried Box Turtle Food (grasshopper, mealworms, strawberries, bananas, dandelion greens, corn, carrots, beef, calendula--all rehydrate...

Some airstones bubble a lot, others only make small bubbles. Mine only make small bubbles so I dont have water being misted everywhere

Make sure that you have them completely under the water, sometimes that will cause them to bubble less.

I have not seen much--if any bickering until this last page, people have been civil in their discussions. If members want to be able to debate and have in-depth adult civil discussions, disagreement will happen and people need to understand that...there will be charges for proof of your stance as we...

Im not sure Ive ever been referenced to as a hermit crab hoarder. :lol: Interesting. The majority of my crabs have been adopted, so dont be too quick to judge my background....in fact 20 of them are from a very close friend who could no longer care for them. The amount of crabs you have is totally p...