Are there any human foods hermit crabs can eat?

Question

I'd like to have one but I wouldn't want it to starve if I cant get to a pet store.

Answer 1

OK first and foremost d NOT get just ONE but get atleast two, in the wild they live in large colonies of 100 and more and to just keep one is cruel because they are WILD exotic land crusteaceans.
Loc P.. is a liar... no one grows land hermit crabs,, you are unable to breed and raise land hermit crabs in captivity.. many scientists and biologists with the top of the line equipment and millions of dollars at their disposal have not been successful in raising "baby" land hermit crabs from egg, to Zoea to the baby/juevenile stages to adult or micro stage. It is impossible.

lil' t.. you are mistaken terribly, they are not Herbivores but Omnivores, they are also scavengers and eat anything from plant, mineral and animal matter.

Here is the food list you are looking for I believe.
http://www.geocities.com/hermitcrab_rescue/foodlistforbeginners.html

Alfalfa (fresh and dried)
Almonds (unsalted, unseasoned)
Apples (fresh and dried)
Avocado (green flesh only)
Banana (fresh and dried)
Barley
Beef (raw or cooked plain only)
Bell Peppers (all colors)
Blackberries (fruit and leaves)
Bloodworms
Blue berries
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brown Rice
Calendula Flowers
Cantaloupe


Preparation
knife
Mortor and pestle
Food processor
coffee grinder (all time fave)

Slice, chop, blend and even shave many of the foods that you offer.

Food Info and tips
Change out fresh food every 24 hours or so. That will prevent mold and bacteria as well as pests like mites and gnats.

Dried foods should be offered in a seperate bowl for ease of use.. because dry foods can be left for 3 days of so, but at the first sign of mold or spoilage foods need to be removed.

Crabs eat alot for the small guys that they are.. not sure if they are eating? Smooth out the sand around their bowls.. in the morning you will see hermit prints!

Hermits usually eat at night while we sleep, but many also munch during the day when they are de-stressed and comfortable.

Offer a different food each time you wash the dishes.. crabs love a varied diet since they are scavengers and normally do not find the same thing to eat every night.

Make sure you try to offer organic human grade foods only.. avoid foods with high chemical content, pesticides or anything that you can not easily pronounce. Hermit crabs are senstivite creatures.

Smelly, sticky or messy foods can be offered during or just prior to a deep clean to help prevent an in tank mess.

Carrots (raw, cooked and tops too)
Cauliflower
Chard, Swiss
Celery (leaves too)
Cheerios,Total or Kashi Cereal
Chamomlie Flowers
Chicken (cooked and raw)
Chicken bones crushed up
Cholla Wood
Cilantro (fresh and dried)
Clams (raw or cooked plain)
Clover (flowers and leaves)
Coconut (fresh and dried)
Collards
Cork Bark
Corn and corn meal (small amounts only)
Cranberries
Crickets (fresh or dried, must be dead)
Crustaceans (cooked, exos crushed)
Cucumber
Cuttlefish Bone
Dandelions (all parts)
Dried Kelp
Dulse and Dulse Flakes
Egg (cooked)
Egg shells (crushed)
Feeder goldfish (dead)
Fish Flakes (read label)
Flax seeds and meal
Garbanzos
Grape Leaves and Grape Vine
Grapes
Grass (pesticide and fertilizer free)
Grasshoppers (dead)

Hibiscus Flowers
Honey (natural and Organic)
Kaytee Healthy Toppings (bird section)
Krill (dried)
Mandarine orangeMango (fresh and dried)
Mangrove
Mealy Worms (dead)
Milk Thistle (flowers)
Oak Leaves (dried and crumbled)
Oak wood, bark
Ocean Plankton
Oranges
Papaya
Parsley
Peanutbutter (unsweetened, unsalted and organic)
Pears
Popcorn (unsalted and unbuttered, plain air popped)
Raisins (unsweetened, organic)
Red Raspberry (leaves and fruit)
Romaine lettuce
Roobios (african red tea)
Rose (petals, buds, hips, dried or fresh)
Sea weeds (Dried)
Sesame seeds
Silk worm pupae (dead)
Silversides (smelly fish)
Salmon (cooked or raw)
Spinach
Sunflower seeds (unsalted)
Shrimp (dried, raw, cooked, all parts, skins too)
Spirulina (powder, disks etc)
Sweet Potato (yams)
Tangerine
Tomato
Tubifex worms (dired)
Tuna (not canned)
Wax Worms (dead)
Whole oats (rolled, non instant oatmeal)
Zucchini


PLease go to that site for both the safe and UNSAFE list and there is a ton more info on there for you and it is updated every few days.

Answer 2

Hermit crabs will eat most of the things that people here were saying. But the preservatives in most human foods drastically shorten the life of your hermit crab. Try fresh veggies (especially green like collard greens or kale or lettuce if you have to) & over-ripe fruits like bananas or strawberries or peaches. Just make sure your fruit is good & mushy for the crabs to ingest.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Most hermit crabs are herbivores so try feeding it something like lettuce to snack on until you do get to the pet store. But don't get me wrong some do eat meat so also try giving it some raw shrimp.

Answer 4

Oh yes. Hermit crabs love Chicken Alfredo. Those harvested from southern climes have a penchant for hominy grits.

Answer 5

I used to grow and sell hermit crabs...they love raw shrimp.

Don't give them the whole shrimp, cut it into pieces.

Answer 6

Kobe Beef

Answer 7

soggy cheerios.you can also buy a small bag of hard catfood.only a piece or two daily and moisten it with water.change the food daily.

Answer 8

They eat Cheerios.

Answer 9

any veggies or fruits, as long as its not spicy :) also dont feed any junk food or candy to them (aka hot cheetos, lays, pringls, etc) but cereal is fine too :D

Answer 10

peanut butter