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HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 1:27 pm
by Crabber85
I just bought a bottle of this food yesterday and I put two table spoons of it in the bowl and over night every one of my crabs came out to eat and that dosen't happen much anymore. Since the reformulation of the product I've been hearing and reading good things about it and it was a smash hit with my crabbies.lol

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 6:54 pm
by Laurie LeAnn
I just got a big thing of it the other day, does it look a little dif to you? to me it does.. I just finished a smaller bottle and i don't remember it looking like that and my crabs were not so gung ho on it..

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 2:20 pm
by Crabber85
Yeah it does have a bit of a different look from before.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:00 pm
by guitarsjb
Yep, mine love it too

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:54 pm
by Mikau132
Where did you happen across this magical-seeming food?

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:56 pm
by dylan644
Last I checked, that stuff had questionable ingredients? Did they change it up?

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:23 pm
by crabber101
@Dylan, yeah they did change it, there was a post about it on here, but I don't remember where, sorry Again, to answer your question, yes, its been deemed a safe commercial food!

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:40 am
by Crabber85
Yep the ethoxyquin was removed and a form of vitamin E used in it's place.JMT(Jedi Master Thrash) was the one to post the new findings and gave us the go ahead to use the product.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:24 pm
by HermitCrabby_LHC
My crabs are on it when we are on vacacation or when im busy. They love it. Even Nawla who will barely eat anything.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:59 am
by sonny
hbh? is this a mix bought at local pet stores for some other reptile? what does it stand for please

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:58 am
by Geranium
It is hermit crab food that can be purchased at petstores, online, etc.http://www.hermitcrabpatch.com...ty-Bites-p/ft029.htm

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:13 am
by Crabber85
HBH is the brand name and it is specially designed for hermitcrabs being loaded with all sorts goodies for your hermits and is widely available at most major pet stores such as Pet-smart, Petco and Pets-Plus. Here is another link to the food in question.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:18 am
by Kris
Petco has the food there. So, when I looked on the back I saw it has fish meal. I thought anything with meal in it was not good for them.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:39 am
by Crabber85
@Kris, the word meal is an ambiguous word/term which covers a variety of body parts including the less desirable scrap pieces but doesn't necessarily mean that it's a bad ingredient.The three big things you want to watch for are Ethoxyquin, BHA and BHT which are all industrial pesticides used as preservatives and can be found in a wide array of commercial hermitcrab foods.

HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:28 am
by crabber101
And copper sulfate isn't a good ingredient either, correct? Or has it been proved ok?