Sex change?

[Hermycrabitat21]

is it possible that crabs can change their sex's? i was just checking out one of my E's that came up from a molt last week and well who i thought was a girl, well i didnt see any gonopores... i saw little circles though that were very light and barly noticable where the gonopores should have been. i think its the same E, she was a light green and now shes more brown but still has her green tint and shes the only one in my tank that was that color... im a bit confused. i keep track of all my crabs and i know she was deffinitly a girl when i got her.

[Kilimanjaro]

I had the same thing happen to me once, but there was a time where I was sure that a crab was male, and then later, I found out that she was female.

I don't know if a complete sex change is possible, but maybe their looks can be deceiving sometimes.

[wodesorel]

I swear Fil was a boy when I got him/her. And then she was definitely female. And now... I have too many crabs to say for sure, but I think Fil may be a boy again! I've wondered myself if they were able to change.

[Gab33]

I had to gender mine various times before finally sticking with a gender.

[Derange]

I just sexed all of my hermit crabs. I've had them for a year, and of all ten of them, you know who had the same gender that I thought they were? Two. So everyone I thought was male ended up being female, and everyone I thought was female was actually male. I'm not sure what to believe anymore - I've sexed them all before without any problems, and now they have to pull THIS on me!

[eloise13]

I've heard that gonopores during different stages can be almost invisible.

[Hermycrabitat21]

I've heard that gonopores during different stages can be almost invisible.

that might have been what happened to mine i saw these little circles but no gonopores.. maybe he is still a she! lol