Homemade hermit crab food?

[HermitCrabAddicted]

I was wondering if anyone knew some good ways to make hermit crab food. I've always given my hermit crabs cut up fresh foods every night. Or I bought homemade foods on etsy. I've been thinking of making homemade dry food for them and putting it in containers, making it so much more simple to give to them. If anyone knows the best way to make it or recipes for them, that would be great.

Thanks so much!

[GotButterflies]

I've taken things that my hermits like and mixed them myself, and put them into bags. Then I make silly names for them. Somebody shared a recipe on here once...I'll try to locate it for you.

Edit: Nevermind, I'm sorry, it was a recipe for a turtle. Sorry!

[NLindsey921]

I don't remember the exact proportions but the recipe was:
Rice
Oatmeal
Spirulina powder
Ground up cuttlbone
Salt
Ground up protein such as shrimp or krill

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[NLindsey921]

Found this on another post.

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[HermitCrabAddicted]

Ok great, I may just try different combinations sometime. My hermit crabs are such picky eaters. I was thinking of buying some homemade foods on etsy, something different for them to see if they preferred they right now. But thought I could maybe just make it on my own. Just trying to think of something new to do for these picky eaters lol.

[Rawrgeous]

If you've never tried nuts- try sunflower seeds, pecans, or almonds. (non-salted) Mine also love most leaves, and bark. Hemp seeds/ chia/ flax are also great sources of food mine seem to love. I give them "roasted" nori that they seem to munch on as well. Just some ideas of my crabs faves. Popcorn is a fave too- but it doesn't have much as far as nutrition goes. Hope this helps!

[LadyJinglyJones]

I'm prone to periods of intense lethargy - so having a few different ready-made mixes on hand is a mater of responsible pet-ownership.

These have protein, dried plant mater, grain, a little something sweet, and an extra something that I know the crabs dig.

Two of my recipes...

1:
- Dried mysis shrimp (this was frozen fish food that I thawed & dried in my oven)
- powdered coconut
-dried chamomile flowers (herbal tea from a bulk store)
-dried pineapple, or other fruit (I dried it in my oven, but you could use store bought, or another fruit)
-finely chopped nori seaweed
-ground up soft wheat kernels


2.
- dried insects (powdered in a coffee grinder)
- dulse flakes
- crushed eggshell (I just chopped it fine)
- bee pollin
- amaranth
- dried apple, fine chopped
- dried oak leaves, crumbled


The bulk store is your friend!! I find my guys are partial to dried fruits, bee pollen, ground insects, and dried oak leaves (I make those from leaves I harvest).

I bought four different kinds of seaweed... but one is probably enough. :roll:

[HermitCrabAddicted]

Rawrgeous- I have tried a variety of nuts, but they dont seem to care for them at all. I have yet to try leaves, chia, and the other stuff you mentioned, will definitely try that stuff.

LadyJinglyJones- I will for sure try these recipes, thanks so much. I think starting to make this will be so much easier on me lol.

Also does anyone know where to buy seaweed? I'm not sure the stores around here have it, and I have been wanting to use that. Thanks so much!

[NLindsey921]

The petsmart I go to has a couple varieties. They sell it with the fish food.

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[Hermiearth]

I make my own mixes out of a bunch of stuff (nuts, seeds, dried fruit, rice) out of the bulk section at whole foods that I grind and cut up- then I add dried insects, krill, calcium powder and any other close to non-perishable stuff u have lying around. I also add a silica gel packet to keep it fresh


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[HermitCrabAddicted]

I picked up a bunch of stuff at the store today. I got some fish to, but was wondering if it's ok to feed it raw or should I cook it first?

[Hermiearth]

I picked up a bunch of stuff at the store today. I got some fish to, but was wondering if it's ok to feed it raw or should I cook it first?

Fish can go raw. Just think- in the wild they don't cook washed up fish on little stoves (:


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[HermitCrabAddicted]

Thats what I figured, just wanted to be sure, thanks!

[Hermiearth]

Thats what I figured, just wanted to be sure, thanks!

Np


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[HermitCrabAddicted]

Was wondering if anyone knows how to make dried fruit in the oven? I was going to buy a food dehydrator, but saw I could dry fruits in the oven but just not sure how to...lol

Thanks!