What's on today's menu & recipe sharing ~2016~

[Nate the great]

I just threw in a small frog and a caterpillar.

Like, dried, or still squishy?

Live.

The frog was about the size of a dime.

[Menders]

I just threw in a small frog and a caterpillar.

Like, dried, or still squishy?

Live.

The frog was about the size of a dime.

Do they eat live frogs? Or living food?

[Nate the great]

Do they eat live frogs? Or living food?

I have fed them cicadas before, and many people here feed crickets to their hermies.

[Just Jay]

My hermies have five dishes so they get a mix.

1: sun dried red shrimp with beef lung and some cuttle bone broken off in

2: carrots and mushrooms

3: plain yogurt with an oat/sunflowe seed/pumpkin seed/dried cranberry mix on top

4: mix greens [not lettuce just spinch some arugula and kale i think...]

5: black berries with red grapes and a little honey

[mool]

Tonight they got an organic mixture of freeze dried blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries ground up with coconut flakes, chia seeds, gogi berries and hemp hearts.

[Just Jay]

what is everyone's thought on dehydrated feed? i happened to see an omnivore mix where i work that only had things crabs can eat so i figured id try it. (after some opinions hahaha).

[Rawrgeous]

what is everyone's thought on dehydrated feed? i happened to see an omnivore mix where i work that only had things crabs can eat so i figured id try it. (after some opinions hahaha).

Most of the foods I feed are dehydrated. As long as there are no added preservatives, and just lists whole ingredients it should be okay.

[Just Jay]

awesome! that is exactly what this is. just not sure how they are going to take the crickets. i guess we shall see.

[Rawrgeous]

awesome! that is exactly what this is. just not sure how they are going to take the crickets. i guess we shall see.

Crickets are a good source of chitin, which is awesome for their exoskeleton. What is the mix called?

[Just Jay]

awesome! that is exactly what this is. just not sure how they are going to take the crickets. i guess we shall see.

Crickets are a good source of chitin, which is awesome for their exoskeleton. What is the mix called?

reptile munchies- omnivore mix by zilla
ingredients:
bok choy, zucchini, breen beans, peas, bananas, carrots, crickets, mealworms and silkworm pupae.

i just did a small half spoon tonight but its one part warm water to two parts mix and let sit 5min. gonna see how this goes and they also have other diets and mixes (like fruit/insects/veggies). was super convenient tonight! (they also got a little yogurt, some oat mix that had pumpkin seeds, sun flower seeds, and cranberries, carrots and then just some mixed greens.

[Rawrgeous]

I think there have been others to use that mix. Let us know how they like it!

[Just Jay]

will do! didnt get a chance to check this morning so im hoping a whole night/day will give them enough time to try something new!

[CrabMater]

Crabby faves:
Ripe banana w freeze-dried blood worms
Cilantro
Hebrew National franks
White rice
Boiled steak (saw a tug of war, had to cut in two!)
Cheerios
Salmon skin, seared in pan
MSW washed egg shell and avocado
Iceburg lettuce w FD bloodworns

HATED:
All hermit crab "food" pellets
tomato
Cucumber

[Rawrgeous]

Crabby faves:
Ripe banana w freeze-dried blood worms
Cilantro
Hebrew National franks
White rice
Boiled steak (saw a tug of war, had to cut in two!)
Cheerios
Salmon skin, seared in pan
MSW washed egg shell and avocado
Iceburg lettuce w FD bloodworns

HATED:
All hermit crab "food" pellets
tomato
Cucumber

That all sounds great. Good job on offering a variety! The only thing I'd steer clear of is the hotdogs, and any other food with added sodium/ additives.



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[Nate the great]

what is everyone's thought on dehydrated feed? i happened to see an omnivore mix where i work that only had things crabs can eat so i figured id try it. (after some opinions hahaha).

There's a whole host of foods which are safe for hermies and can be found at major pet stores.

I use the vegetarian mix from one manufacturer and the turtle mix from another. And speaking of dried foods, I also use dried red shrimp, mealworms, crickets, bloodworms,, etc.