I really want them to mate and they seem to really like each other .. is there ne thing i can do .. ? And i know for a fact that one is a male and the other is a female !
2006-08-15 18:48:23 · 7 answers · asked by azsxdfcgvbhjn 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
This is impossible to do. Land Hermit Crabs will not breed in captivity, and even if you had acquired a female land hermit crab gravid with eggs, the eggs may in fact hatch but the Zoea will not survive because it is impossible to duplicate the delicate ecosystem of the sea and the exact place from where that particular breed of Land Hermit crab originates.
They must be in the sea at the proper level and depth, temperature and tide flow with all of the vital nutrients and microscopic inhabitants in which that Zoea would need in order to survive and to consume. Then you must keep them alive through several molts until they are able to find the proper type and size of shell in which to live and then start becoming terrestrial or land creatures.
Doing all of this while maintaining the perfect balance and ecosystem is impossible for a at home pet owner and in fact even scientists and biologists with millions of dollars at their disposal and the most advanced equipment still can not succeed in breeding and raising Land Hermit crabs from fertilization, egg, zoea and juvenile stages.
You would need to know exactly where that hermit crab comes from in the wild and where its migratory pattern is, if any, the breeding and egg laying areas and locations and then test the water during those exact times and depth, take samples and by using microscopes and special equipment to see the exact makeup of that water with all of it’s microscopic inhabitants. The exact cycles of the growth of the Land Hermit crab from egg to Juvenile and where in the ocean it travels and spends it’s time feeding and what exactly it feeds on. Then you would have to duplicate and research the entire ecosystem and environment by visiting the area, (natural habitat) and observe their activities and life cycle in order to grasp just a small amount of what is needed to try to pull something like this off.
They are not domesticated pets, they are wild exotic creatures, they will never be domesticated because they are too sensitive… that is why too many people fail at keeping them as pets for any long periods of time.
2006-08-16 03:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one hermit crabs cant mate becaues they are not around the sea or water they have to be in water!!!!
2006-08-16 05:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hermit crabs have never been successfully bred in captivity.
2006-08-16 01:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by Em 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hermit crabs dont breed in captivity, they only breed in the wild. you can search for more information in yahoo, and you still get the same answer.
2006-08-16 03:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by cclo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i want mine would just stay awake in the daytime. it wooont crawl around and get up till everyone in the house goes to bed.
2006-08-16 01:53:45 · answer #5 · answered by Pussycat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a hermit crab!!!!!!!!
2006-08-16 02:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Cookiemonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HERMIT-CRABS.COM! try this site out it might help u
2006-08-16 08:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by susan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋