where do i get salt water dont have any HELP!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:35 pm

Goodness gracious, I have been using the zoo med stuff!!!
Looks like I need to go to the pet store again. I was wondering I have a sea salt grinder I got from the grocery store, it doesn't have any iodine in it which I know is bad, are there other things to look for that might be bad?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:31 am

Anti caking agents... you'll probably need to call the company to find out if they use them. I don't think they are listed as ingredients.

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:22 pm

I think they are required to list them on the ingredient list....some people are allergic, and if they didn't list them they could be sued. I don't know many of the names of the anti-caking agents, but I know one is Yellow Prussiate of Soda, because that's what's in my table salt. Some brands just list it as "anti-caking agent", so no confusion there, LOL.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:42 pm

yup it has that yellow prussiate of soda for an anti caking agent so that is bad for them?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:18 am

My Morton Iodized Salt says :Salt, Calcium Silicate, Dextrose and Potassium iodide.

I have a container of Cerulean Seas Coarse Sea Salt and it only list Sea Salt as an ingrediant. It claims to be from the Califormia shoes... and is Kosher. It has a phone number so some time I should call and see if they use anti caking agents and then we'll know for sure if they have to list it.

Of course I use Oceanic for my hermits not human salt ...

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:52 pm

Swtlygrace wrote:yup it has that yellow prussiate of soda for an anti caking agent so that is bad for them?

Yes, it's VERY bad for them----it's a cyanide derivative. The trace amounts are fine for humans, but very bad for hermies....they're so small, you know. It's much better to use an aquarium salt, not a human salt.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:59 pm

i use plain old Kosher salt!

no additives... no iodide...natural... only ingredient is salt!

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:59 pm

Be careful with any human salt ----some of them have different levels of minerals. One crabkeeper used human-grade salt for her crabbie's water, and it got really slimy from the minerals. I still say aquarium-type salts are better, because they were designed for use in water; human-grade salts were designed for use in food and might be troublesome when mixed with water. You could still put it in your hermie's food, though.

BAB · Post by **BAB** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:43 pm

Oops... I messed up with this post. Paniced... I hadn't used HBH I had used Zoomed something or other...

SORRY!

I've switched to Catalina real ocean water. I don't care about the expense. To me the real thing is the best thing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:47 pm

I went and got the aquarium salt stuff and mixed per directions, it was one of the brands recommended here, so I feel better now.

I actuall have seen them drinking it so that is a good sign

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:52 pm

Hi i got a product from petsmart. HBH hermit crab salt and i mix it with declorinated water.... it wasnt expensive. and i use that with regular declorinated water next to it so they have it..

Donna