"Manual" Tarantula Breeding

[Conart]

So, i just saw a video on facebook. It shows a grammostola pulchra breeding, but the weird thing is the OP is holding the female(like a pinch grab) and he stated that the female is a "male eater" so he did what he had to do.
Just want to ask if anybody else had tried this?
Or is this a "new" discovered thing?
And also I want to hear your opinions about this.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Have you got a link to the video?

I've never heard of anyone doing this in over 2 and a half years of keeping and I know plenty of breeders on FB.

 

[Nightstalker47]

So, i just saw a video on facebook. It shows a grammostola pulchra breeding, but the weird thing is the OP is holding the female(like a pinch grab) and he stated that the female is a "male eater" so he did what he had to do.
Just want to ask if anybody else had tried this?
Or is this a "new" discovered thing?
And also I want to hear your opinions about this.

Yeah I saw that one too, seems to have worked out pretty well.

 

[JoeRossi]

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/ar...brachypelma-smithi.165257/page-7#post-1948375 ....a somewhat related thread I recalled seeing 10 years or so ago

 

[Teal]

Well... that's an interesting concept. Please post a link to the video!

 

[LittleGiRLy]

Interesting, i wonder is this really works, and what their results were...

 

[weibkreux]

Saw the video and I admire the guts of the guy who did it even if G. pulchripes are mostly docile species.

 

[Arachnophoric]

I've heard of the concept before, but I've never seen it in action. Wonder how well that'd go down if someone tried doing that with old worlds.

 

[Rob1985]

This sounds like a lot of work... I'd rather just let the male do it's thing. My question is how do they feel each other drumming? I would think if you pick up a female and introduce a male without the mating drumming you're likely to invoke the feeding response out of one of them. The mating drumming is a important delicate balance of communication. I call BS on this...

 

[Conart]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2060431360649899&id=1712516042108101

Here's the video guys!~

 

[Liquifin]

This idea is not worth it IMO, while G. pulchra maybe not bad for a pinch grab since they are a docile species. The idea is still way too dangerous, I can't imagine this being done with an OW or a Pokie. The video was interesting though, but I can't see this becoming a normal thing in the hobby.

 

[Arachnophoric]

I can't imagine this being done with an OW or a Pokie.

I like how you say that as if the two are different

But yes, I agree. Maybe for calm and hard to pair species like G. pulchra, but I can't see it becoming common place at all. That and I'd just feel bad forcing an unreceptive female to mate. Rather just let them do their own thing and supervise/ intervene if necessary.

 

[EtienneN]

Okay, but doesn't eating the male in most cases provide good nutrition for the female to lay a successfully fertile sac? And even MM pulchras can't be more than like 100 dollars or so, right? I don't understand the need to do this.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Never heard of this concept, interesting to say the least!

 

[Nightstalker47]

Okay, but doesn't eating the male in most cases provide good nutrition for the female to lay a successfully fertile sac? And even MM pulchras can't be more than like 100 dollars or so, right? I don't understand the need to do this.

It does, but thats one very expensive meal...especially if the male didn't have a chance to make the insertion beforehand.

 

[Sarkhan42]

It does, but thats one very expensive meal...especially if the male didn't have a chance to make the insertion beforehand.

ESPECIALLY if you're trying to breed him with more than one female.

 

[Theneil]

Maybe for calm and hard to pair species like G. pulchra.....

While i am definitely no expert, in my limited experience, G. pulchra are quite easy to pair. Getting a sac is the tough part from what i have read. (i'll find out eventually with my girl. )

 

[Venom1080]

Why not go a step further? Once the males made his sperm web, cut off his palps and insert into the pinch grabbed females furrow. Surely can't be that hard.

Ive seen this quite a few times. No idea how it turns out.

 

[Arachnophoric]

While i am definitely no expert, in my limited experience, G. pulchra are quite easy to pair. Getting a sac is the tough part from what i have read. (i'll find out eventually with my girl. )

That might be what i'm thinking of, it's hard getting them to drop a sac and not that they're hard to pair themselves.