The Happy Hermie Feeding Guide - How To Feed Our Foods

At The Happy Hermie we have over 44 different foods on offer! But sometimes it can be confusing to know which foods to offer to cover your Hermit Crabs huge nutritional needs.

Below we will cover what foods to offer to cover their entire dietary needs.

Most of our foods will cover more than 1 dietary need, so they will be listed more than once.

PROTEIN

Protein should make up 50% of your Hermit Crabs diet, half of the foods you offer them should be from this list below.

• Protein Punch

• Creepy Crawlers

• Sweet Chilli Chicken

• Cashew Chicken

• Beef Up

• Big Breakfast

• Seafood Deluxe

• Super Sushi

• Fish Feast

• Scrambled Eggs

• Sea Salad

• Black Solider Fly Larvae

• Meal Worms

• Bircher Museli

• Three Little Piggies

• Meat Soaked & Toasted Oats

• Crab Stew

• Duck & Roo Pasta

• Christmas Lunch

• Veggie Vibes

• Greener Pastures

CAROTENOIDS (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

Carotenoids should be offered at every meal, atleast 1-2 of the foods listed below.

• Summer Smoothie

• Fruit Salad

• Date & Apple Pie

• Bananarama

• Veg Out

• Mixed Veggies

• Tropical Fruit Punch

• Sweet Potato Puff

• Pink Puffs

• Bircher Muesli

• Three Little Piggies

• Crab Stew

• Berry Nice

• Christmas Lunch

• Spiced Pumpkin Pie

• Christmas Pudding

• Veggie Vibes

• Mango Tango

• Greener Pastures

CALCIUM

Calcium Supplements should be on offer in the tank everyday, at all times. You can also add in these extra Calcium rich foods listed below.

• Star Dust

• Calcium Crunch

• Crunchy Munch

• Complete Calcium

• Greener Pastures

• Black Soldier Fly Larvae

• Meal Worms

• Blackstrap Molasses

Supplement Versions

• Cuttlefish Bone

• Sea Urchins

• Star Fish

• Sand Dollars

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS

Omega 3 is extremely important and should be offered at every meal, offer atleast 1 of the foods listed below at every meal.

• Fat Crab

• Nut & Seed Nibble Mix

• Crabby Trail Mix

• That's Nuts

• Bircher Museli

• Meat Soaked & Toasted Oats

• Chubby Crab Paste

• Duck & Roo Pasta

• Christmas Pudding

FIBRE

Fibre should be offered at every meal, this can be found in many of the other meals listed above such as..

• Sweet Potato Puff

• Date & Apple Pie

• Crabby Candy

• PB&J Chunky Pop

• Pink Chunky Pop

• Blue Chunky Pop

• Green Chunky Pop

• Bananarama

• Sea Salad

• Pink Puffs

• Bircher Museli

• Three Little Piggies

• Meat Soaked & Toasted Oats

• Berry Nice

• Duck & Roo Pasta

• Christmas Pudding

• Veggie Vibes

• Mango Tango

• Greener Pastures

CARBOHYDRATES

Carbohydrates give quick energy boosts and should be offered at every meal from the list below.

• Date & Apple Pie

• That's Nuts

• Big Breakfast

• Veg Out

• Sea Salad

• Pink Puffs

• Bircher Museli

• Three Little Piggies

• Crab Stew

• Berry Nice

• Duck & Roo Pasta

• Meat Soaked & Toasted Oats

• Mango Tango

FORAGED FOODS

Foraged foods encourage natural scavenging behaviour and offer lots of vitamins and minerals. Similar to the diet they have in the wild. These should be on offer regularly in your tank.

• Leaf Litter

• Flower Power

• Calcium Crunch

• Sea Salad

• Bee's In The Garden

• Greener Pastures

ANTHOCYANINS

Anthocyanins are foods rich in natural colours, and have a colour enhancing effect in your Hermit Crabs exoskeleton. These foods are extremely healthy and offer lots of necessary vitamins and minerals.

• Veg Out

• Date & Apple Pie

• Summer Smoothie

• Berry Nice

• Christmas Pudding

• Sweet Potato Puff

• Mixed Veggies

• Veggie Vibes

SUPPLEMENTS

Supplements should ALWAYS be on offer in your tank, at all times. These offer the vitamins and minerals that they will not get from other foods.

• Greensand

• Worm Castings

• Insect Frass

• A Calcium Supplement (Star Fish, Sea Urchin, Cuttlefish Bone, Sand Dollar)

AQUATIC PLANT MATTER

Similar to what they eat in the wild, these should be apart of your crabs regular diet.

• Super Sushi

• Seafood Deluxe

• Sea Salad

OTHERS

Other foods include vacation mixes for when you are away and emergency mixes and extra nutrient rich foods offered during an emergency such as a weak crab, a surface moulting crab or a naked crab, as well as crabs fresh from a moult and those with limb loss.

Also included are Hermit Crab Treats - not a nessessary food item, but a fun, delicious treat for your crabbies.

• Vacation Mix

• SOS Emergency Mix

• Blackstrap Molasses

• Bee Pollen

TREATS -

• Muesli Bar Balls

• Meat Soaked & Toasted Oats

• Green Chunky Pop

• Blue Chunky Pop

• Pink Chunky Pop

• PB & J Chunky Pop

• Crabby Candy