HCA: Hermit Crab Association

fresh smelt
apple
carrot
millet

----- Saturday -----
Fresh coconut
Carrot
Honey*
Peanut butter*
Freeze-dried mysis shrimp*
Cuttlefish bone*

(Though so far the carrot and the coconut have gone begging.)
----- Sunday -----
Coconut*
FD mysis shrimp*
Cuttlefish bone
Peanut butter
Honey
Sunflower seed
Pumpkin seed
Kiwi
----- Monday -----
Coconut*
Peanut butter*
Honey
Eggshell*
FD mysis shrimp
Cuttlefish bone

(* denotes food that seems to have been favoured.)

a few small pieces of the following:
-apple
-mango
-papaya
-avocado
-broccoli
-brussels sprouts
-red pepper
-chicken liver cooked in EVOO

on the side:
-a chunk of coconut
-a small shell with ground cuttlefish bone, brown rice, rolled oats, barley, couscous - sprinkled with sesame seeds and bee pollen.
-a few pieces of nori & shrimp popcorn.

Fresh shrimp.

I simply got one shrimp (tiger) and while raw, chopped it into segments and served as is, shell and all. Crabs are right now picking through them. Oh, I fear cleaning out the stinky remains tomorrow....

Going to toss in an egg, some basic diet from the addiction store and probably something else, maybe some fruit or krill.

I got mine some hibiscus and dandelion blossoms, taking a cue from NarNar's pictorial yesterday, as of this posting.

I soaked them in warm water prior to feeding to get rid of some grit and bugs (and make sure that your sources are pesticide free). My C. brevimanus eagerly gorged on them for an hour last night.

Oh my gosh, bloodworms! I got a big tub of Hikari bloodworms for my geriatric betta who can't eat pellets anymore, and thought I would share some with my crabs.

Huge pile gone in less than half an hour! I refilled the dish so that the others could get some, and by the time I got done with my shower and got back downstairs the dish looked like nothing had ever been in it again. it's just the PPs though. It's been almost a day since I put it in and it looks like the Es haven't touched it!

Bow tie pasta with white beans, tomato, green apple, and banana!!

Hooray first crab-specific food shopping trip! \o/

I already need to get some kale and strawberries for my fire skink and I know she won't mind sharing with the crabbies (and me).

Pet store:
cuttle bone
bloodworms (my betta will be happy to get a treat of these too!)

Grocery store:
kale
organic strawberries
organic bananas
fresh Nellie eggs (my favorite egg brand)
maybe a coconut if they have any

tonight mine will get worm castings, crushed cuttle bone, fresh coco nut, freeze dried salmon, jasmine flowers, rose hips, HCP mineral blend, grapes, oat straw, passion flower plant and freeze dried chicken. some how they love the freeze dried foods the most.

they have some honey, crushed egg shell, pineapple, apple, alfalfa sprouts and lettuce.

Cilantro, Blueberry, and Raspberry

The bolded ones are foods I haven't tried before.

A really quick dinner i put together.


Dried parsley and honey smoothie ( served warm ) within 30 minutes 3 crabs were surrounding the dish!


I think it was and is a hit!

three out of four are hiding underground, so i can't say whether the food's a hit or not, but:

peanut butter-honey-cuttlebone mix
carrot
dried oak leaf
strawberry
mango
little bit of fresh fish roe

marcus (the insane crab who won't burrow) actually made a beeline to take a nibble at the fish roe. he's such a pig - half the time i look in there, he's at the dish! the others, when they're not hiding, do seem to like the peanut butter mix.

gonna get a coconut at some point soon. i don't need the crab hut, but why not?

Yesterday:
Bruised peach
Scrambled egg with shell (cooked in coconut oil)
Carrot tops
A little bit of ground beef

Today:
Whole calendula flower
Banana
Honey
Radish Greens
Crickets

*All foods are organic & additive free, I use raw local honey & local grass fed beef. My hermit crabs also have access to a homemade dried food blend at all times as well as a millet spray to nibble.