Healing a sick crab

Post by **Wai** » 06 Jul 2005, 09:01

Are there any particular foods you can feed an ill hermit crab to help them recover? I don't mean 'pre-molt' but actually sick and inactive. Anyone got some ideas?

Julia_Crab · Post by **Julia_Crab** » 09 Jul 2005, 01:45

Natural honey with spirulina or irish moss powder are good options.

Crabby Kortney · Post by **Crabby Kortney** » 12 Jul 2005, 05:00

im not sure but i tried cut up baby carrots on my inactive crab. he ate them and is fine. but im not sure if he was just being lazy and liked the idea of getting a treat thought.

Jedi_Sena · Post by **Jedi_Sena** » 08 Sep 2006, 06:54

I fed my sick crab ground dried mango and walnut. He didn't recover, but he did eat quite a bit.
I know you asked about food, but I want to mention that exercise also seemed to do quite a bit of good. I let him out to roam the living room floor and he seemed to perk up a bit because of it.

Jaci · Post by **Jaci** » 08 Sep 2006, 12:19

they like dried fruit? any particular fruit or any? i think i knew about the nuts but I'm allergic to peanuts and have to be careful what kind of nuts i touch (peanut oil). wonder if i can find fresh walnuts somewhere....

iluvhermies · Post by **iluvhermies** » 08 Sep 2006, 23:00

You can find bags of chopped and whole walnuts at the grocery store in the baking section. Open it and pour maybe wear some gloves too.

I_love_my_hermie23 · Post by **I_love_my_hermie23** » 09 Oct 2006, 07:08

Ya i agree If u let him walk around and feed him some honey or Fruit that should cheer him up

hope it feels Better soon

Jaci · Post by **Jaci** » 11 Oct 2006, 05:18

i try to see what is the crab's favorite foods (all of mine love dried blood worms) so i put that into the ISO tank

Healing a sick crab

Healing a sick crab

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