Fruits Your Hermit Crabs Can Eat! (BIG LIST)

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Fruits Your Hermit Crabs Can Eat! (BIG LIST)

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Here is an edible list of foods that Hermit Crabs can eat.\

Remember, all these fruits should be fed in moderation, no more than twice a week.

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Apples(cut up)
Avocado(cut up)
Banana(cut up)
Blackberries(cut up)
Blueberries(cut up)
Cantaloupe(cut up)
Carambola(cut up)
Cherries (cut up)
Coconut(cut up)
Cranberries(cut up)
Grapes(cut up)
Honeydew(cut up)
Mango(cut up)
Orange(cut up)
Papaya(cut up)
Peach(cut up)
Pear(cut up)
Pomegranate(cut up)
Raisins
Watermelon(cut up)
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Post by ILuvMyCrabbie »

that is a pretty good list but if you want a bigger list go to the home page of http://www.Epicurean-hermit.com and scroll down to ingredients then click on safe and unsafe food lists.
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Are these safe as jelly? (grape jelly, marmalade, etc...)
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If it doesn't have salt, sugar, or preservatives.
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OKay, then that's another food to try, haha :)
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Post by Jedi_Sena »

jellies are going to be loaded with sugar and cooked to a temperature that will render some of the nutrients useless, so fresh fruit is best.

I love the idea of doing a fruit only list! As long as other foods are offered, I don't think it is necessary to limit them to 2 times per week, but it's up to you. Maybe we can help add to the list...

apricot
grapefruit
kiwi
mulberries
nectarines
pineapple
plantains
plum
pumelo
raspberries
starfruit
strawberries
tamarind
tomato
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I feed my hermies fruit almost every day. (Along with veggies, meat, and things like that)
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If only my crabs ate lol.
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I use shells for my food dishes. One has commercial food, one has fresh veggies, one has fresh fruit, one has meat, one has calci-sand with freeze dried shrimp, one has dried coconut with dried raspberries and dried apples and one has some stuff I got from the crabbagepatch.com that they sent me for free with my order of shells. They have tons of options daily but right now they only have dried coconut with the raspberries and apples since they are molting I put that in there and change it every couple days. Otherwise I change it daily or everyother day depending on what it is. I guess I am trying to say that they have fresh fruit daily along with other stuff. I mostly give them grapes and apples and bananas. I don't really eat other fruits here for me to have here for them unless I go out and buy 1 piece of fruit and cut it up and let some go to waste since I am sure they won't eat it all before it goes bad.
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I read that tomatoes and organges are sometimes discouraged b/c of high acidity content
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