Feast night in the crab tank!
Tonight, for the first time, I offered the crabs tahini, which is a peanut butter like substance made from sesame seeds.
I tasted it too, and while I think it's much too bitter on its own, it would lend itself well to flavoring (honey, even garlic or something since it's not sweetened on its own).
For the crabs, I mixed the tahini with some local honey (pure and all natural), and some coconut. They've been taking turns at the little shell I used since I put it in (I got up to check a couple of times last night). When I got up at 6:30, there were even three or four eating out of it, and it's not a very big shell! I probably should have put it in one of the bigger ceramic dishes, just so everyone could get around it!
I'm seriously considering doing some kind of mix like that - maybe add some flax seed to it for extra carbs and some spirulina and kelp because they're crabby super foods - and freezing it for them in ice cubes. I can't imagine that I will use the tahini all that often, and it's a big jar just for hermit crabs! I'm kind of worried it won't keep.
Tahini is very good for the crabs because it's got a lot of the natural oils that they often lack on dry or commercial diets.
I tasted it too, and while I think it's much too bitter on its own, it would lend itself well to flavoring (honey, even garlic or something since it's not sweetened on its own).
For the crabs, I mixed the tahini with some local honey (pure and all natural), and some coconut. They've been taking turns at the little shell I used since I put it in (I got up to check a couple of times last night). When I got up at 6:30, there were even three or four eating out of it, and it's not a very big shell! I probably should have put it in one of the bigger ceramic dishes, just so everyone could get around it!
I'm seriously considering doing some kind of mix like that - maybe add some flax seed to it for extra carbs and some spirulina and kelp because they're crabby super foods - and freezing it for them in ice cubes. I can't imagine that I will use the tahini all that often, and it's a big jar just for hermit crabs! I'm kind of worried it won't keep.
Tahini is very good for the crabs because it's got a lot of the natural oils that they often lack on dry or commercial diets.
2 Comments:
Interesting idea. Where'd you find the tahini? I'd like to try some for my hermits. :-D
You should be able to find Tahini in the health food section of a regular grocery store, or at a health/whole foods store.
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