HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I went to Petmart today to either get bloodworms or crickets. The jar of bloodworms was 10 dollars, and i thought that was a little much, and the jar of crickets was 10 dollars too. Then i was this cricket thing, its called, Can O crickets, and it was only 5 dollars. The ingrediants say, Farm Raised Crickets. The only thing im worried about is that it says, for lizards, snakes and amphibians..... Think its ok?

just make sure it does not have chemicals and stuff and don't let them escape!

they are dead crickets=] The only "chemicals" it says it has is "Natural Juices Locked in the Can!" Thats not really a chemical lol

The canned crickets are dead, so no worries about them escaping.
I would think you'd probably have to freeze the leftovers though or they'd spoil once opened. It'd take a really long time for your crabs to eat a whole can of crickets. If you're not squeamish, you could always just buy a couple of live crickets for a few cents each and kill 'em. Cheap and you don't have to explain to dear old mom & dad why there is a big lump o' cricketsicles sharing space in their freezer with the tater tots.

You can also get freeze-dried bloodworms at Wal-Mart for around $2-3.

oh yeah bloodworms it was what i feed my recent joe(recent joe is that i mean i usually name all my bettas joe,jose,joey,J.r i finally got out of the habit of naming all my bettas like that )and my current bettas .i bough the can last yr (2oo7or2oo6)and i still have it today it never ran out well only once but i last a great time until u start using it for hermies ,lol.

ahh i cant get anything alive! That would gross out my parents more so then the dead ones in the freezer! The can says to refridgerate after opening......i shoould sstill freeze em?

yes .seriously bloodworms are good and u can hide them any were and they do not need to be frozen if freeze dried.

I would refrigerate some, but you would have to feed those before the ones you freeze. The refrigerated ones will probably keep for a week and the frozen ones will last for a really long time.

ok thanks so much! Like once i use up the ones i put in the fridge, and i go onto the ones in the freezer, will it be ok to just let them thaw in their cage?

u don't wanna go that way iv'e been that way"piyuh gross "

really it smellls?

and molds

even if i freeze it and only leave it in thier cge for one day?

i don't know probably no

You wouldn't want to thaw something in the crabitat. It wouldn't be good if the crabs were in contact with something frozen.

They can be easily thawed in the microwave. Place them on a plate (or wrap them up with a napkin) and put it in the microwave for 10 - 15 seconds. It'll be nice and thawed.