HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I was at Aldi today and saw these Southern Grove Mixed Nuts with Sea Salt. All of the nuts except Brazil Nuts are on the safe food list, but they aren't on the unsafe list either. I'll list the ingredients as shown. Peanuts, almonds, cashews, Brazil Nuts, pecans, peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, and/or canola oil, sea salt. In that order. Is this safe to give them?

not the sea salt. get all natural diced pecans. my crabs love them! they are very safe and give a nice boost of protien!

purplepincher wrote:not the sea salt. get all natural diced pecans. my crabs love them! they are very safe and give a nice boost of protien!

Sea salt is safe. It’s the normal table salt we avoid because of the anti-caking substances added.

Brazil nuts have never been officially tested, which is why they’re not on the lists. I don’t think they’re unsafe. If you’re worried you can always just pick then out and eat them yourself.


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Cool thank you, do you think the oils are ok? peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, and/or canola oil?

NOOOO. never do anything but fish oil.

Here is the safe food list. There are oils other than fish oil on the list:

http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 25&t=92557

FSkerlak wrote:Cool thank you, do you think the oils are ok? peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, and/or canola oil?

I believe people have offered foods with these ingredients to crabs before without ill effects. Most food oils aren’t unsafe.


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purplepincher wrote:NOOOO. never do anything but fish oil.

Where did you read this? Coconut oil, olive oil, and other nut based oils have been used safely with hermits for years.


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I read it on hermit crabs.com. i thought it was a good website. i will not trust it from now on. >:(

purplepincher wrote:I read it on hermit crabs.com. i thought it was a good website. i will not trust it from now on. >:(

That’s one of the HCA founders and a crabber for decades. I wonder why they would say that.


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soilentgringa wrote: That’s one of the HCA founders and a crabber for decades. I wonder why they would say that.


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I just read Christa’s food and feeding page three times (hermit-crabs.com) and nowhere does it say that you cannot give crabs oils other than fish oil.


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not the person i just looked that up. it was not the same website. she is really reliable!

the website i saw was just a yahoo post. i found that out today. i got my sites mixed up.

i really need to start checking the names of websites. sorry again.

Sorry, I know this is an old post, but organic seaweed with sea salt is ok to crush up and give to the hermies? Sea salt on some food is ok? Like organic tuna with sea salt and water? That is not harmful like normal table salt?

Yes, that is fine. Salt is salt. Table salt is a concern for pools/ water, but some in food is okay.