B emilia breeding gone funky!

[Immortal_sin]

For those of you with no Watering Hole access, I'm repeating my story here so everyone can see this.
It's as bizarre as Gail's BACKDOOR MAN thread

here we go:

I've been trying to breed my B emilia female with no success. Currently, I have 2 mature males here on loan, and she's not really been interested in either of them. One of them is an old male, matured at least 8 months, and he got her to mate once so far. The other male is freshly matured, and is too skittish to even approach her.
So, today, I opened up all 3 containers, and decided to see if the presence of the 2 males would spark something.
Boy, did it ever!
For the first 3 hours, the males wandered around, and the female ate a cricket. I kept going in to check on them periodically.
The last time I went in, I was excited to see them in a mating position...but oh oh! I looked closer, and lo and behold, the old male, had the young male in position, and the female had exited her container!
The old male was holding the young male up, and trying like hell to insert his palps...somewhere! The young male was cooperating and actually getting into the 'female' position!
I couldn't believe it, so I called in my daughter, and my friend that was visiting to come look. They were really going at it too. It was the most bizarre thing I've ever seen (in regards to tarantulas, anyway!).
I finally gently separated them with a plastic spoon, since I didn't want anyone biting anyone else. The young male was pissed, and he bit the spoon repeatedly. I'm not sure if he was reacting to his mistreatment by the old male, or that he was objecting to the separation.
Anyway, if it happens again, I'll be sure to have a camera handy to record it.

 

[Mendi]

Bummer!!! I wish she would get interested in getting some. Maybe there is a way to AI them... They seem to be doing more artificial insemination these days than letting the critters do it they natural way. And ideas on how to go about that with a spider. I've AI'd dogs before, and they always ended up having a couple puppies, if not 8-10 babies. (Oh, I used to work as a show dog handler, and AI is the way it's done some 8-% of the time... poor dogs0 She likely wouldn't want to much to do with you afterwards, but maybe she'd feel the need to lay a couple hundred eggs.

I'll think up some pagan ceremony to the spider goddesses for you, email it, and you do it there, and I'll work it here. Might reach you from here, specially if I can fore tell the right day for it. I bet you could handle a little pagan fertility magic getting done

 

[kellygirl]

Haha, Holley! You'll have to post a link to this in the Watering Hole thread... did you see my story about the homosexual G. pulchras?

-Kelly


EDIT: Ha! I see that you already have done so!

 

[WayneT]

Well Holley, I actually don't know what to say.
Good luck...I hope the female at least got excited by seeing that action...I've heard some women like watching that.

 

[Lochala]

Well, not everyone is interested in threesomes! ;P It's nice to know that you have a tarantula that goes both ways!!

 

[Cigarman]

so are there like, gay spiders out there?

They must be so super!

/jk

 

[Professor T]

With a specific epithet like emilia what did you expect? Not exactly as macho as smithi .

 

[8SEXYLEGS]

I know how to get her "into the mood." First, turn the lights down way low, pour some champainge, put on some Barry White, light some candles and make her watch some "Taranula Porn " movies. ("Taranula's Gone Wild", "8NakedLegs" , "The Love Fang")....hey it works for humans, doesn't it?

 

[metzgerzoo]

I know how to get her "into the mood." First, turn the lights down way low, pour some champainge, put on some Barry White, light some candles and make her watch some "Taranula Porn " movies. ("Taranula's Gone Wild", "8NakedLegs" , "The Love Fang")....hey it works for humans, doesn't it?

Just don't let her watch 8 Legged Freaks...it might backfire on you! Oh what the hell, just get her drunk! :clap:

 

[Archangel]

With a specific epithet like emilia what did you expect? Not exactly as macho as smithi .

I actually know of a guy that had a smithi he thought was female (several years old) and bread it with a mature male. Everything went just like you'ld think....EXCEPT....In 3 weeks the assumed female molted ultimate male. So you could call it anything you want, say George w., and I'll throw it's legs up (haha) as fast as the other side.