Hermit Crab Food

I would be interested to know the answer to this. For a couple of years, off and on, my daughter kept hermit crabs. They alwayus doed. They lived from one week to 6 months. We had tghe proper hermit crab food. We did weverythung right. I thik they are just very hard to keep in captivity. As far s I can remember with food, we also fed them fruit scraps.

I cannot see how you can control how much they eat. It is not like you feed them with an eye dropper. I have 13 hermit crabs. As usual, they eat on their own. I have a little dish of hermit crab food mix. They will eat anything. They will eat broccoli, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, beans, meat,etc. However, you should not feed the any fruit or veggies with high acid content...tomatoes, pineapples,etc..I know people do feed them high acid foods because they think if the crab will eat, then it is ok...but it really isn't. I hope this helps.

Our hermit crabs eat everything. The LOVE peanut butter which is their absolute favorite. They also get squash, peas, corn, beans, broccoli, apples, pears, bananas, strawberries, noodles, rice, mashed potatoes, tomatoes, hermit crab food, wheat bread and anything else we are cutting up.