foods Ur hermit Crabs well LOVE!

[I_love_my_hermie23]

I found some Recipes on the internet that i thougtht i should Put on here for u guys to Try! (all reciped are for Hermit crabs)

Bread

Stuffed Mangrove Bread
Serves/Yields: 2 dishes, serve one & freeze the other
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Category: Breads
Difficulty: Moderate

Crabs love bread. This is a very healthy version for them.

Dry:

1/2 tsp. Irish moss
2 1/2 Tbl. Whole Wheat flour
1 Tbl. mangrove meal
1/2 tsp. pulverized bee pollen
1 tsp. flax seed meal
1 tsp. dried passionflower
1 tsp. crushed dried jasmine
1/4 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder
1 tsp. copepods
pinch of crushed sea salt

Wet:

1 egg yolk
1 Tbl. warmed liquid honey
2 Tbl. orange juice

Tahini
Cosmic tuna flakes
Dried Wheatgrass heads

Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another.

Combine well.

Grease two small round ceramic Petco dishes with coconut oil.

Spoon a thin layer (about half full) of batter into each dish and spread evenly.

In the center of each, spoon a thin layer of tahini, but not to the sides of the dish. Top with Cosmic tuna shreds. Cover each with the remaining batter and gently smooth over the tahini and tuna.

Place on a baking tray in a 350 degree oven for ten minutes.

Remove from dish when cool, cut in half so filling spills out. Garnish with dried wheatgrass heads.
Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another

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Fruits

Apple Delight

Serves/Yields: however much you make
Prep. Time:
Cook Time:
Category: Fruits
Difficulty: Easy

A great meal for your little hermit crabs!

apple (you don't need a whole one)

applesauce or baby food

plain oatmeal (not cooked)

chop small apple pieces and mix applesauce and oatmeal. pour applesauce and oats in food dish. sert apple pieces on top and add crushed unsalted peanuts if you wish!

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Fruit Deluxe

A Fruit Deluxe will be very yummy and healthy for your crabs. Made of all fruit.


ALL OPTIONAL : A cantalope slice, pinnapple slice, peach slice, apple slice, banana tip , grape, flat seashell.

(1) chop all the fruit
(2) put it all together on the flat seashell
(3) mush it all up
(4) put it in the hermit crab tank
(5) watch them enjoy!

SEE I told you it was easy

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Veggies

Veggie Crazy

Serves/Yields: Serves: 1 tankful Yields:1 dish
Prep. Time: 5-8 minutes
Cook Time: n/a
Category: Flowers, Vegetables, Salads
Difficulty: Moderate

*2 lettuce leaves
*2-3 dandelion parts (leaves,stem,root,flower,)
*1 chunk of carrot; sliced or diced
*Petunia Blossoms (optional)
*Olive oil (extra virgin)

*Slice and chop the two lettuce leaves and dandelion parts until they are quite shredded.
*Get the chunk of carrot and slice/dice it up.
*Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, take them out, and give them one last chop.
*Place them in the crabs' food bowl and mix it with 1 drop of olive oil with a handy utensil.
*Top with Petunia Blossoms if you want!



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you can get most of the ingrediants from the Addiction store: http://stores.ebay.com/Hermit-Crab-Addiction

[I_love_my_hermie23]

Here is some more things u can try

Peanut O's

Serves/Yields: As much as you would like
Prep. Time: 2 mins
Cook Time:
Category: Treats
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
Cheerios- (the un-sugary kind)
Peanut Butter

Directions
- Crush up the cheerios with your hands,
then put peanut butter on top!
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Serves/Yields: a tank full
Prep. Time: 5-7 mins
Cook Time: 6-9
Category: Treats
Difficulty: Moderate

half of an egg shell

nuts (of any kind) (optional)

2 lettuce leaves

spoonfull of peanut butter

Directions
Get one egg and crack open and clean until all yoke is out. Then take a small spoonfull of peanut butter and smear inside egg shell (be careful!) tear lettuce leaves and stick into the inside of shell on peanut butter. the fill up the rest with nuts!! YUMMY!
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tempting treats

Serves/Yields: 6
Prep. Time: 4 mins
Cook Time:
Category: Treats
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
3 walnuts
3 almonds
6 squares of lettuce
6 teaspoons of honey

Directions
crack the 3 walnuts in half throw out the shells crush all the nuts to a powder then add honey place in lumps on a baking pan in a toaster oven
toast until crispy & brown
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Nutty Fruit Treat

Serves/Yields: 6 Crabs
Prep. Time: Less than 2 mins
Cook Time: NIL
Category: Treats
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
1/2 cup of chopped almonds ( unflavored )
1/2 cup cut up rasins
2 tablespoons of honey (optional )

Directions
1 ) Mix the two ingredients together.
2 ) Stir well with the honey in a bowl.