Can Hermit crabs mate in captivity?

Answer 1

Yes, they can mate, but it's hard to raise the babies - the eggs hatch in the ocean and they spend the first part of their live in salt water:
http://www.thecrabbagepatch.com/lifecycle.html

Answer 2

Hermit crabs received't mate in captivity on the grounds that after mating the female needs to throw the eggs sac into the sea. i wager technically this signifies that they could mate yet no longer some thing will come out of it except all of us can figre out a thanks to placed an ocean in an enclosure. i do not recognize how the authentic mating takes position yet i might want to assume that they could both ought to go away their shells which leaves them very weak and on the grounds that they are alway less than a particular quantity of rigidity in captivitiy i do not imagine they are prepared to develop into so uncovered and weak. at the same time as they change shells that is a short component and that's undesirable for the hermie to be out of that's shell for really lengthy.

Answer 3

Well if there inviroment looks like it then they possibly could mate and have baby hermit crabs.

Answer 4

It hasn't been done yet (if you mean to breed and produce) as far as I know but i'm sure if you live in a good climate (where you can use the wire cages and they don't die) then it might be possible. I have never heard it happen though. As far as I know they are captured and sold as pets.

Answer 5

Yes, assuming conditions are correct and you have two crabs

Answer 6

yes, i once had crabs and they were mating quite abit

Answer 7

well why not? everything else breeds in captivity

Answer 8

no they need the ocean for that.

Answer 9

yes, they can. there's no reason why they can't.