HCA: Hermit Crab Association

frozen carrot, brocoli, snap peas yellow pepper and another veggie i forget cooked in palm oil and chopped in my coffee grinder with raw salmon, ground flax seed and almond and a bit of hermit crab: a recipe sprinkled on top.

I made a cute little stirfry for them tonight. It smelled so yummy, I wanted to eat it. That's rare with hermie food for me, haha.

One shrimp, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, snappeas, I thiiiink green peppers, all fried with sweet almond oil. On the side was tangerine and some fresh flower petals I can't remember the name of.

Feeling kind of lazy tonite... so the guys got a soggy saltwater mixture of spirulina brine shrimp.

Pumpkin seeds, cashews and honey ground to a paste (tastes so good that I ate half!!), peanut butter, celery leaves, banana, crushed egg shells.

Hard egg crab cakes -

1egg and shell

Some alfalfa,ground cuttlebone,corn meal, some sort of smell dead sea life, and sesame seeds to top.

Smash egg and shell in a bowl, add the other ingredients until it is CHOWDER consistency. If it is to thick add water or if its to watery add some more alfalfa or add some oats.

Then pour in a EVOO greased pan and cook until golden brown on each side. ( medium heat )

For those who don't know EVOO- Extra Virgin Olive Oil


Results on how they liked it?

They really took a liking to it. They pulled pieces off and dragged it around the tank. I topped it with honey and sesame seeds!

Enjoy!

Rooibos mixed with:
cranberry
coconut
pineapple
chamomile
rose hips
rose petals
bee pollen
cuttle bone powder

(ground in a coffee grinder)

Tonights menu:

Shrimp
Himalayan Pink salt (just a pinch)
cuttle bone
papaya
shelled soy beans
raspberry leaves
coconut and pineapple rooibos (organic)

Tomato
Spirulina Cube
Peas
Raspberrys
Cuttle bone

Plain 'ol shattered coconut, served with shells, as they consume the husky parts as well like in the wild, I assume:

Spirulina
Crushed oyster shells
chilly mix from addiction store (coconut powder w peas)
worms
red clover flower
cuttle bone powder

a nice crabby omelet, with egg, crushed egg shell, and oats. I also have cuttlebone, blood worms, and dried shrimp. In another bowl I have crabby fruit salad, it has papya, banana, raisins, pineapple, and almonds, and walnuts. They get alot. ^_^

This thread is for sharing your crab's favorite recipes and meals, and getting great ideas from other crabbers. Food photos are always great too.

This information will be archived every about every 6 months, so be sure to check the Food and Water archives for more great ideas.

Bon appetit!

Here's a good staple I'd recommend for virutally any species -

Shattered Coconut:



Because whether the land hermit is a PP from the Virgin Islands

Or from the center of the Pacific, both "Straws" and "Indos"

Or even just a "true land crab" hanging out with the "hermits"


...they seem to be built to live off the stuff, every part of it, even the fibrous husk and coco-shell.

Here's directions on how to split one, btw, for the forumites who are not to familiar:

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Coconut

I shatter mine after splitting it open using a hammer or bagging it and hitting it on the pavement repeatedly... Then I'd save the uneaten portions in the freezer and store until use. They'd usually be useful after freezing for over a month or so.

Tonight mine are having Powdered coconut over mango, Dried whole anchovy fish, honey suckle flowers and freeze dried salmon.

they got:
coconut chunks (frozen & thawed)
blueberries
papaya puree
blanched dinosaur kale
baked potato
corn
krill