Pregnant Hermit Crab!!

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Pregnant Hermit Crab!!

Post by alicrabs2003 » Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:13 pm

I was checking my hermit crabs ( because I found an ant in my tank )... and when I got tp Ariel I saw a pack of white gooey bubbles in her shell. I did some more research and I think she's pregnant... I would get a picture but my camera on my phone is broken. I will feel really bad if the babies die. Someone help plz!!!

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Re: Pregnant Hermit Crab!!

Post by curlysister » Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:18 pm

From what I have read on this forum, it is extremely (like, almost impossible for most of us) to raise baby crabs in captivity. Please do not feel bad when they don't survive.
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Re: Pregnant Hermit Crab!!

Post by GotButterflies » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:58 am

Well...congratulations..because you just got them...but...speaking from experience, it is like curlysister said, very hard. I made it to 15 days with my zoea, and it was A LOT of work. PP zoea live in msw for 30 days before making it to land.
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