Hey everyone! I'm REALLY new to keeping spiders, I have a Chilean Rose Hair that was captive bred and a Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus, to be exact) that was caught at my house. I've had both for a while, both are seemingly doing really well, but tonight I noticed that my fishing spider has an egg sac? She's been in captivity for a while now, and she's the only one in the enclosure, so I'm not really sure how it happened...and apparently the egg sacs can hold up to 1400 babies?? I'm DEFINITELY not equipped to handle that, so should I...
A, release her and the eggs
B, somehow get the eggs from her and find a safe spot for them
C, put her in a tank with super fine mesh at the top so when the babies do hatch, I can take her out, put her back in the original tank and then set the new tank outside, open, so the babies can be on their merry way
D, any other options? I'm really not feeling B, because I would feel horrible about taking her eggs away from her, as apparently they're really maternal spiders, and I would also worry about whether or not the eggs made it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
A, release her and the eggs
B, somehow get the eggs from her and find a safe spot for them
C, put her in a tank with super fine mesh at the top so when the babies do hatch, I can take her out, put her back in the original tank and then set the new tank outside, open, so the babies can be on their merry way
D, any other options? I'm really not feeling B, because I would feel horrible about taking her eggs away from her, as apparently they're really maternal spiders, and I would also worry about whether or not the eggs made it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
