Determining Gender of my Crabs

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Determining Gender of my Crabs

Post by HeyItsEggs » Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:18 pm

Hi guys!
Is there any way to figure out the gender of my hermit crab with out looking for gonopores? I have looked around and some websites say one thing and others say another thing. I have three crabs and i was wondering if I could figure out the gender of my shell babies!
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Re: Determining Gender of my Crabs

Post by GotButterflies » Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:11 pm

Gonopores (underneath) and pleopods (inside shell) = female I don't know of any other ways. Sorry.
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Re: Determining Gender of my Crabs

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:13 pm

Just be patient... eventually they'll be climbing the glass and you'll have the chance to see. :)

There really isn't any other reliable method - unless you catch one in a shell change and it definately has pleopods... then it's female. But they often change too fast to get a good look.
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Re: Determining Gender of my Crabs

Post by he-man » Sat Jan 28, 2017 8:52 pm

I put my hermies in a glass measuring cup. This method might take a little while, depending on how timid your crab is. You could also use a glass bowl as a substitute for a measuring cup.
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