Can hermit crabs eat turtle food?

Here is a safe food list for hermit crabs

Acorns (crush and soak overnight in salt water then drain before serving)

Alfalfa

Almonds, crushed

Amaranth (Ancient grain)

Anchovy oil

Apple and natural, unsweetened apple sauce

Apricot

Arame

Artichokes

Asparagus

Avocado

Bamboo (live plants make wonderful tank toys and grazing)

Banana

Barley

Beans, yellow wax

Bee pollen

Bee propolis

Bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, green or purple)

Bilberries/Huckleberries

Blackberry leaves

Blackberry

Blackstrap molasses (unsulfured) - amazingly high in nutrients such as calcium and potassium; 1-2 times monthly

Bladderwrack

Bloodworms (alive or dead)

Blueberries

Borage blossoms (Borago officinalis)

Broccoli and leaves

Brown rice

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage (all varieties)

Calcium carbonate powder, plain

Calendula flowers (Calendula officinalis)-Also known as "pot marigolds"

Camellia (Camellia japonica)

Canteloupe

Carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus)

Carrots

Carrot tops

Cauliflower and leaves

Celery leaves

Cereal; Brown rice, soy, wheat or 7 grain, muesli

Chamomile flowers

Chard

Cheese (be sure to get all natural varieties, serve as occasional treat)

Cherimoya

Cherry

Chestnuts

Chicken bones

Chicken, cooked and unseasoned (smash the bone for marrow access)

Chickweed

Cholla wood

Cilantro

Citrus (all fruits)

Clams

Clover blossoms and leaves

Coconut and coconut oil

Cod liver oil

Collards

Cork bark

Corn (on the cob, too)

Cornmeal

Cranberries (dehydrated)

Crickets

Crustaceans (any and all crustacea including crayfish, lobster, shrimp and other crabs)

Cucumber

Currants

Cuttlefish bone, powdered

Dairy products (milk, cheese, live-culture yogurt) **

Daisies (Bellis perennis)

Dandelion flowers, leaves and roots (Taraxacum officinale)

Day lilies (Hemerocallis)

Egg, scrambled or soft boiled

Eggshells

Elderberry flowers (Sambucus canadensis)

Extra-virgin olive oil

Fig (ripe fruit only)

Fish flakes w/out chemical preservatives

Fish Oil

Flax seeds/Linseeds (crushed)

Flax seed oil (small amounts infrequently)

Frozen fish food (esp. algae, krill and brine shrimp)

Garbanzos

Gladiolus (Gladiolus spp.)

Gooseberry (ripe or overripe)

Grape Leaf

Grapes

Grape seed

Grapevine (vines and root)

Green and red leaf lettuce (not iceburg; dark green)

Green Beans

Hazel leaves

Hempseed Meal

Hibiscus flowers (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Hikari products: brine shrimp, krill, crab cuisine, sea plankton (no preservatives)

Hollyhock flowers

Honey (organic, or at least locally produced, for anti-microbials)

Honeybush

Honeydew Melon

Honeysuckle flowers (Japanese Lonicera japonica)

Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana)

Irish Moss

Japanese red maple leaves, dried (Acer palmatum)

Jasmine flowers (Jasmine officinale)

Johnny-Jump-Up flowers--(Viola tricolor)

Kamut

Kelp

Kiwi

Lentils

Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Lima Beans

Lobster with crushed exoskeleton

Locusts (dead)

Lychee fruit (fresh; no kernel)

Macadamia nuts

Madrona wood

Mango

Mangrove (small live trees can be obtained on eBay, use in water basin)

Maple leaves

Maple syrup

Marion Berries

Milk thistle flowers (Silybum marianum)

Mint (but not peppermint!)

Most organic baby foods

Muscadine (grapes)

Mushrooms

Mussels

Nasturtium flowers (Tropaeolum majus)

Nettle (wilted)

Nettle, stinging (pour boiling water over leaves first)

Oak Leaves and bark

Octopus

Okra

Olive and olive oil (extra virgin)

Oranges

Oysters

Pansy flowers and leaves (Viola X Wittrockiana)

Papaya

Parsley

Parsnip

Passionflowers (Passifloraceae - passion flower family)

Passionfruit

Peaches

Peanut butter (avoid sugar, corn syrup and hydrogenated oils)

Peanuts

Pears

Peas

Pecans

Pecan bark

Persimmon

Petunia blossoms

Pineapple (including leaves)

Pistachio nuts

Plum

Pomegranate

Popcorn (unseasoned, unflavored, unbuttered)

Potato (no green parts, including eyes)

Prayer plant (Maranta leuconeura)

Psyllium & husks

Pumpkin

Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Quinoa (New World grain)

Raisins (no sulphur dioxide)

Raspberry

Red raspberry leaves (highest bioavailable calcium source + vit. C and trace minerals)

Red root (Ceanothus Americanus, otherwise known as red root; high in tannin)

Rolled Oats

Rooibus (or rooibos)

Roquette (Eruca vesicaria)

Rose petals (Rosa spp)

Rose hips

Royal Jelly

Russian Olive leaves (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Sage blossoms (Salvia officinalis)

Salmon

Sand dollars

Sardines

Scallops

Sea biscuits

Sea fan (red or black)

Sea grasses

Sea salt

Sea Sponges

Semolina

Sesame seeds (crushed)

Sesame oil (in tiny amounts as appetite stimulant)

Shrimp and exoskeletons

Snails (use human food grade only; not wild snails)

Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

Soy and soy products (human grade; miso, tofu, etc.)

Spelt

Spinach

Spirulina (complete protein and chlorophyll source; highest in beta carotene)

Sprouts (flax, wheat, bean, alfalfa, etc.)

Squid

Squash (and squash blossom)

Star fruit (carambola)

Strawberry and tops

Sugar cane

Sunflower Seeds (crushed), flowers and leaves (Helianthus)

Swamp cypress wood (false cypress, taxodium sp.)

Sweet potato

Sycamore leaf

Tahini (no garlic variety)

Tamarillo

Tamarind

Tangerine

Timothy hay

Tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa) (ripe fruit only; avoid feeding foliage and unripe fruit)

Tomato

Triticale

Tulip flowers (Tulipa spp.)

Tuna

Turnip greens

Viola flowers

Violet flowers (Viola odorata)

Walnuts

Wasa All-Natural Crispbread (Oat flavor)

Watercress

Watermelon

Wheat grass

Wheat

Wheat germ

Whitefish

Whole Wheat Couscous

Wild rice

Zucchini (and zucchini flowers)*

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I would not think so...but when I went to Costa Rica, hermit crabs were wild all over the beach... and they ate coconuts. There was a broken coconut on the beach, and they were swarming it, literally 15-20 of them all over the open coconut eating it.... they made little groves where they were eating. I took pictures... it was really pretty cool.

So.... I guess they eat RAW coconut... remember they naturally live on/near a tropical beach, so they will eat coconuts, perhaps a soft non-acidic fruit like a peach or plum, grasses, etc.

I'd cut a small fruit or fresh coconut and put it in the cage... store the rest in fridge, and change every day or 2.

If you purchased it from a pet store they should have regular Crab Food. It is a different blend than the turtle food. Crabs have different nutritional requirements thsn turtles. I would suggest going to any pet store and buy the appropriate Crab food... Good Luck