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What is a hermit crabs favorite thing to eat?
Nuts, applesauce, raisins, trail mix, peanut butter, honey, cooked egg, cereal, crackers, washed grass, and popcorn are some of the miscellaneous favorites people have reported their crabs enjoying. Some people notice their crabs are partial to ‘junk food’ such a corn chips, sugary cereals and pretzels.
What should I feed my hermit crab everyday?
crackers (no or low salt)
Can hermit crabs eat lettuce?
A well-balanced hermit crab diet includes: High-quality, commercially available hermit crab food every day. Vegetables (like spinach, carrots, kale and romaine lettuce) and non-citrus fruits (like mangoes, coconut and papaya) in smaller amounts. Nuts, seaweed, brine shrimp and fish flakes as treats.
What is a hermit crabs favourite food?
Mango
What types of insects can hermit crabs eat?
The enclosure of captive hermit crabs can become its own private ecosystem. If you introduce other, hermit crab-safe insects to a habitat, they may eat mites . What’s more, these additional insects can serve other helpful purposes. Many will clean the enclosure by eating leftover food and waste.
What to feed hermit crabs as pets?
Hermit crabs are also popular pets and a complete food designed for hermit crabs is also appropriate to feed to land crabs. You can also feed fish food, raw fish, small cubes of frozen and defrosted whole food such as you can buy for aquarium fish, and various vegetables such as potato or apple.
Do you know if hermit crabs are edible?
Hermit crabs are most definitely edible in the sense that “edible” means “able to be consumed without harmful side effects”. They lack venom, and if cooked properly, do not spread disease. Nobody eats them, but that’s another thing. Also, you’re better off with a regular crab if I do say so myself.