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When the hermit crab is first hatched, it goes through many stages. First it is hatched from it's egg, then it comes out as small phytoplankton. They go through many molts(shed their exoskeleton)and soon look like a hermit crab. When they are in the sea, breathing water, they are called zoea.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoit is very uncommon for them to have babies in cages or fish-tanks
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∙ 15y agoNo, they do hold their eggs in their shells until they are ready to hatch but the babies don't hatch until the hit the ocean water.
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∙ 13y agothe way you check if a hermit crab is a boy or girl is you look under their third pair of legs and if there are two holes there its a girl
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∙ 10y agoHermit crabs do not have babies. They lay eggs. They have never been recorded doing so in captivity. They only reproduce in the wild.
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Does a female marine hermit crab need a male marine hermit crab to have babies?
no
Can a male hermit crab have babies?
No it can't
How do you prevent a hermit crab from having babies?
sqash them
Does your hermit crab have babies in it's shell?
maybe
How many babies Does a pet hermit crab have?
They can have up to 1,000+
How do hermit crabs have babies without going into the ocean?
Well, a hermit crab can have a baby in there shell.
How do hermits crabs have babies?
when a mommy hermit crab and a daddy hermit crab love each other very much, they... (you know what happens next.)
Do hermit crab have live eggs or babies?
Eggs. They aren't mammals.
How many babies does a hermit crab have after one pregnancy?
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How do you take care of land hermit crab eggs?
Land Hermit Crab Babies Are Microscopic And Live In the Ocean. It Is Near Impossible To Raise Baby Hermits In Captivity
How big are hermit crab babies?
about the size of a newborn babys ring fingernail
How do you tell if a hermit crab is having a baby?
hermit crabs need a beach to lay their eggs on so they wont have babies in their cage.
