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Hermit Crab Care : Feeding Hermit Crabs

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Uploaded by on Nov 18, 2008

Feed hermit crabs pet food that is designed for their specific nutrition, which can come in powder or granule forms. Discover more about what omnivores, like hermit crabs, eat in this free video from a exotic pet specialist on hermit crab care.

Expert: Cordell Jacques
Bio: Cordell Jacques has worked in the pet industry for more than 10 years, currently working at Huron Pet Supply in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack

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  • to be honest, someone that has painted shells should not give tips to anyone.

  • So its ok to feed them like, apples lettuce and tomato?

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  • @eevee2joltyon Yeah, carrots will do fine too. Mine like carrots.

  • dont feed them proceced food it very unatural fom them

  • ok so im about to move and wen i do im gonna get hermit crabs i waz just wondering if u could mix a couple of store bought hermit crab food together ( like a salad...?) will it affect the crab??? PLZ ANSWER ASAP 

  • @eevee2joltyon Yes that is what I feed mine and they love apples and coconut especially!!

  • @eevee2joltyon yea and people say strawberrys the luv but dont always feed them that they'll go fast and you'll have to buy more quicker

  • Remember, hermit crabs are harvested from the wild, so being taken from their normal scavenger diet of fresh foods vegetables, and dead animals, and being fed "formulated pellets" that have harmful substances in them is not good.

  • Most of the commercial hermit crab foods have copper sulfate or other harmful preservatives in them, some are mutual with the chemicals in pesticides as well. The best diet for a crab is natural foods. Fruits, vegetables, proteins, are the best to offer. Calcium source is a must as well. Crushed or scraped cuttlebone, or oyster shells are good sources of calcium.

  • @eevee2joltyon Yea, hermit crabs are scavengers, so they'll gladdly eat anything you give them, but foods like apples, lettuce, and tomato would probably make it happier because its natural

  • @eevee2joltyon yea but rarely

  • @MischieAura what do u feed them?

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