but my husband can't eat meat for health reasons so we don't really have a lot of stuff I can think to give them. I need something more then just fresh fruits and veggies because those go bad to quickly. Any ideas on what I should buy and where to get them from would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Don't forget things like rolled oats, chia seeds, flax meal (all available in the self-serve bins in stores like Whole Foods, Henry's, Sprouts, etc.) and the always successful eggshells. Next time you prepare eggs, give them one of the half shells with some of the raw albumin: it's a great source of protein and they can pick away at the shell for added calcium. They can also eat unseasoned cooked egg, i.e., piece of hard-boiled egg or a bit of scrambled egg.HermiesIsMine wrote:Can anyone tell me where I can go to get a good stock of foods for my hermit crabs pretty cheap? I've been giving them peanut butter, freeze dried shrimp, honey and cuttle bone every night for two weeks. Poor babies
I always ask the sea food people at the grocery store for "one shrimp" or "one crab leg" and usually they will give it to me for free since it is such a small quantity. I also ask if they have any sea food scraps that would otherwise be thrown away. You might be able to do the same with the meat section. I also keep egg shells. Also if you bring the safe food list to the store you can check out the baby food. I always get organic baby food so there shouldn't be bad preservatives. Some baby food also has chicken options.HermiesIsMine wrote:Thank you all for such great ideas now I just have to figure out where they sell those things here in San Antonio texas
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On another member's recommendation, I went to Wal-Mart and got a huge pack of unsalted toasted seaweed sheets, walnuts, chia seeds, plain toasted coconut (unsweetened) and flax seeds. I ground up some in my food processor and put it in a zip lock. I have freeze dried apples that we eat, and I order freeze dried "surf and turf" from the hermit crab patch, along with ground oyster shell and mineral supplement. All of that keeps for a long time.HermiesIsMine wrote:Can anyone tell me where I can go to get a good stock of foods for my hermit crabs pretty cheap? I've been giving them peanut butter, freeze dried shrimp, honey and cuttle bone every night for two weeks. Poor babies
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So funny, mine don't touch either of those!SHERRYCOOPER5 wrote:Besides all of the foods mentioned above, my hermies love organic carrot shreds and bits of Romaine lettuce : )
