How to tell if hermit crab is a male or female
How to tell if hermit crab is a male or female
Is there a way to tell if your hermit crab is a female by seeing how big it is? If it's big does it mean it's a female? I have 5 hermit crabs and still can't figure out the gender of them without the hard thing trying to find their gonopores. Is there any other ways to tell of the gender of my hermit crabs? Thankyou!(:(:(:
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Re: How to tell if hermit crab is a male or female
Females also have hair like appendages on their abdomen which can only be seen when they changing shells. They called pleopods.
Edit. Otherwise no, size, colour, hairyness or other physical features besides gonopores are not reliable.
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Edit. Otherwise no, size, colour, hairyness or other physical features besides gonopores are not reliable.
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Re: How to tell if hermit crab is a male or female
Females have 2 dots at the base of their rear legs. These are genopores which is where they place the sperm sacks the males pass to them during mating. Males don't have any dots.aussieJJDude wrote:Females also have hair like appendages on their abdomen which can only be seen when they changing shells. They called pleopods.
Edit. Otherwise no, size, colour, hairyness or other physical features besides gonopores are not reliable.
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Re: How to tell if hermit crab is a male or female
I've been able to see the undersides of 2 of my babies and am pretty sure those 2 are females. 3 others yet to be checked.
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Crazy crab lady with 1 male raised in captivity who is now 7 yrs old (Dec 23) and a 2 females I've added from rehoming or adoptions to add to my breeding colony.