HBH Variety Bites a hit.

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sat May 11, 2013 1:27 pm

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

Laurie LeAnn · Post by **Laurie LeAnn** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:54 pm

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..

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sun May 12, 2013 2:20 pm

Yeah it does have a bit of a different look from before.

guitarsjb · Post by **guitarsjb** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:00 pm

Yep, mine love it too

Mikau132 · Post by **Mikau132** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:54 pm

Where did you happen across this magical-seeming food?

dylan644 · Post by **dylan644** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:56 pm

Last I checked, that stuff had questionable ingredients? Did they change it up?

crabber101 · Post by **crabber101** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:23 pm

@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!

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:40 am

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.

HermitCrabby_LHC · Post by **HermitCrabby_LHC** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:24 pm

My crabs are on it when we are on vacacation or when im busy. They love it. Even Nawla who will barely eat anything.

sonny · Post by **sonny** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:59 am

hbh? is this a mix bought at local pet stores for some other reptile? what does it stand for please

Geranium · Post by **Geranium** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:58 am

It is hermit crab food that can be purchased at petstores, online, etc.http://www.hermitcrabpatch.com...ty-Bites-p/ft029.htm

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:13 am

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.

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:18 am

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.

Crabber85 · Post by **Crabber85** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:39 am

@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.

crabber101 · Post by **crabber101** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:28 am

And copper sulfate isn't a good ingredient either, correct? Or has it been proved ok?