Diet and How it Affects Appearance

[Angela]

Proper diet can give your hermit crab beautiful colors. These colors are a decent indication that your hermit crab is receiving necessary nutrition and is relatively healthy, at least diet-wise. Health can prevent unnecessary stress as well as aid in molts.

Here is a list of what colors give a crab certain colors. It is incompletely but will be added to in the future.

Blue:
coconut

Red and orange (have lots of Beta Carotene
Carrots
Spirulina
Sea Weeds
Maple leaves
Blueberries
Broccoli
Cantelope
Dandelion greens
Papaya
Parsley
Chard
Cilantro
Pumpkin
Sweet Potato
Bell pepper (excluded green)

NOTE: Genetics also play a factory. For example, you cannot expect a C. Perlatus to turn blue from eating coconut.