What are safe food I can get outside?

[ShelbyNS]

Can I feed my crabbies things like grass, or flowers from outside? How can I make them clean and safe to eat?

[Kilimanjaro]

So happy you posted this! Tetracolor (a great member of this site) and I have a site and we made an entire list of stuff that the crabs can eat from outside (well, you harvest it and bring it into the crabitat).

Here is the thread we made on the HCA.

and

Here is where the "Harvestables" list is!

I hope that helps.

[Guest]

Acorns
Basswood leaves
Beechnut
Bilberries
Blackberries
Blackberry leaves
Blue Hubbard squash
Blueberries
Borage blossoms
Burning bush berries
Burning bush leaves
Calendula flowers
Camellia
Carnation flowers
Carrots
Carrot tops
Cattails (pollen, leaf, and rhizome)
Chamomile flowers
Cholla
Cilantro (coriander)
Clover blossoms
Clover leaves
Collards
Cottonwood bark
Cottonwood leaves
Crabapple bark
Crabapple blossoms
Crabapples
Crabapple tree leaves
Daisies
Dandelion flowers
Dandelion leaves
Dandelion roots
Daylilies
Elderberries
Elderberry flowers
Gladiolus
Gooseberry
Hazel leaves
Hibiscus flowers
Hollyhock flowers
Honeybush
Honeysuckle flowers
Huckleberries
Impatiens
Jasmine flowers
Kale
Lilac (blossoms only)
Mangrove
Maple bark
Maple leaves
Marion berries
Milk thistle flowers
Moss
Mulberries
Mulberry bark
Mulberry leaves
Mushrooms (human-edible!)
Nasturtium flowers
Oak bark
Oak leaves
Pansy flowers and leaves
Parsley
Passion flowers
Persian silk tree
Petunia blossoms
Prickly lettuce
Pumpkin
Purslane
Raspberries
Raspberry leaves
Roquette
Rose hips
Rose leaves
Rose petals
Russian olive leaves
Sage blossoms
Scrub oak leaves
Shepherd's purse
Showy milkweed
Spaghetti squash
Spinach
Squash
Strawberries
Sunflower leaves
Sunflower petals
Sunflower seed
Swordfern
Sycamore leaf
Tamarack blossoms (salt cedar/tamarix/tamarisk)
Tilia tree
Tomato
Tree fern
Tulip flowers
Turnip greens
Viola flowers
Violet flowers
Walnuts
Wheatgrass
Wild grape
Wild poinsettia
Wild rice
Zucchini