what to feed if ive never seen him eating??

[krabby_katie]

Awsome! You can hand feed them organic peanut butter and honey. Just put some on a tooth pick. They love it.

[bobo]

sounds pointy but ill try it!!

[krabby_katie]

Yeah. Just be careful and steady. Mine usually just take some with their claw, then feed it to themselves.

[bobo]

i treid feeding gary peanut butter with the non pointy side of a pen and he just got peanut butter on his big claw!!

[krabby_katie]

Awsome! Mine love peanut butter. It works like a charm.

[bobo]

im gonna try it again soon, ill let u know how it goes!!

[beledi]

now ive seen him eat because i was holding him and the raisin and he ate it right from me it was pretty cool!! i think ill try grapes, popcorn, and maybe even shrimp!! Im gonna try grapes today and ill let you guys/girls know how it goes!!!!

Do you hold him and feed or is he sitting on your hand? I am new at having hermit crabs and trying to get all the info I can so they can stay health and happy.

[Mr.Crab]

Wow Bobo, Sounds good, Here is a list of foods my hermies will always eat.
-popcorn(popped, preferably no butter)
-(basically any kind of fruit, they will eat anything, there scavengers.
- dried fruits and nuts (peanuts, almonds, etc)
-meats/shrimp. freezedried


Yep. There u go
I also recently bought some cuttlebone for my crabs

[erikleeson]

I wanna start off by saying maybe your crabs did eat, you just didn't see it, they are nocturnal and eat in small amounts.

My hermit crabs go CRAZY for the following, in order.

Whole Shrimps
Dried Banana
Grapes
Coconut
Strawberry
Tomato (don't offer too much)
Cucumber
Carrots
Dead Mealworms

its good to offer more than one food in the dish so the crabs can choose what they feel they want, also try buying a cuttlebone from the bird section of the pet store for $1, than grind it up in a blender and put in an empty salt shaker. Than sprinkle over various food and the hermies will get extra calcium

Works well for me as my hermit crabs don't enjoy plain cuttlebone.

Also try this, if you have a juicer, juice up some grapes and dip cuttle bone in the juice for 5 minutes than blow dry it. The crabs will enjoy the flavoured cuttlebone.

[Mr.Crab]

I wanna start off by saying maybe your crabs did eat, you just didn't see it, they are nocturnal and eat in small amounts.

My hermit crabs go CRAZY for the following, in order.

Whole Shrimps
Dried Banana
Grapes
Coconut
Strawberry
Tomato (don't offer too much)
Cucumber
Carrots
Dead Mealworms

its good to offer more than one food in the dish so the crabs can choose what they feel they want, also try buying a cuttlebone from the bird section of the pet store for $1, than grind it up in a blender and put in an empty salt shaker. Than sprinkle over various food and the hermies will get extra calcium

Works well for me as my hermit crabs don't enjoy plain cuttlebone.

Also try this, if you have a juicer, juice up some grapes and dip cuttle bone in the juice for 5 minutes than blow dry it. The crabs will enjoy the flavoured cuttlebone.

Wow this sounds awesome thanks.