White Rice
White Rice
My hermies love white rice. I have had dug in crabs come up when I put a small dish of rice in the tank. They all circle the dish and pack it away! I have never seen hermies eat so much the first time I gave them rice.
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Aetyrno wrote:Cooked or dry?
Cooked plain white rice.
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You should try brown rice instead of white. I think the nutrition content in white rice might be inadequate for the crabs to really survive off of it.
ETA: White rice is not on the safe food list, which is not only a list of hermit safe foods, but a list of foods that offers feeding benefits.
ETA: White rice is not on the safe food list, which is not only a list of hermit safe foods, but a list of foods that offers feeding benefits.
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white rice wont kill the crabs but candy wont kill them either..it just doesnt have anything to offer the crabs healthy wise. If the crabs fill up on things that dont have anything to offer them health wise then we end up with not so healthy crabs, and then not so healthy molts, and maybe then not so many molts or not so many crabs..
I agree if you want to offer rice or noodles offer some brown or wild rice and now they have whole grain noodles or veggie noodles. Again a good variety in foods is best mix it up.. its not good to offer the same food over and over.. they dont eat much so they need a good variety to get all they need in nutrition.
I agree if you want to offer rice or noodles offer some brown or wild rice and now they have whole grain noodles or veggie noodles. Again a good variety in foods is best mix it up.. its not good to offer the same food over and over.. they dont eat much so they need a good variety to get all they need in nutrition.
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adding things that are good for them to the rice is a great way to make the rice better! Good job..
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I do switch out the food daily. Rice is one of those occasional things I give them.
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