HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Not sure if anyone has tried this with their hermies? I make green smoothies for my family almost on a regular basis. It consists of almond milk, power greens (tatsoi, spinach, green and red chard, and arugula), flax and chia seeds, sometimes wheat germ, fresh bananas, and frozen fruits like blueberry, mango, strawberries. Many people also put in seaweed - something I haven't tried yet:) Thought if I froze some in these mini ice cube trays I got on clearance at CVS, that I could give them to the hermies as a treat??? I didn't see tatsoi or arugula on either the safe or not safe food list.

Also have a dried seaweed question. How much sodium in dried seaweed is natural? On my dried seaweed bag for ingredients it just has seaweed listed. It came from our local oriental grocery store. The label it says sodium 120mg. I am hesitant to use it. Advice or recommendations for brands u use??

I do raw feeding for larger animals & on those groups, the usual recommendation is to keep sodium in meats 100mg or below. Usually if sodium is added, it ends up 200mg+. Since seaweed is going to be from the ocean, I would expect that 120mg is a pretty normal amount of sodium to find in it, especially once its dried & possibly more concentrated.

I've shared smoothie with my crabs before, but mine are typically just fruit, nut milk, and raw honey, so I'm not sure on the greens. My guess would be safe, but wait until one of the more experienced members jump in.

fantasybookworm wrote:I do raw feeding for larger animals & on those groups, the usual recommendation is to keep sodium in meats 100mg or below. Usually if sodium is added, it ends up 200mg+. Since seaweed is going to be from the ocean, I would expect that 120mg is a pretty normal amount of sodium to find in it, especially once its dried & possibly more concentrated.

I've shared smoothie with my crabs before, but mine are typically just fruit, nut milk, and raw honey, so I'm not sure on the greens. My guess would be safe, but wait until one of the more experienced members jump in.

Great! thank u!!