Paranoid about Incubating A. metallica

[Mathayus]

I had my A. metallica drop a sac two weeks ago tomorrow. I have been keeping up the humidity, and her water dish is always full. I also never open the door to the enclosure, and just mist through the screen top. My question is, is it normal for them not to eat during this time? I plopped a lateralis in there last week, but she didn't touch it after two nights, so i took it out. Her opisthosoma looks very, very shrunken. Any advice?

 

[FrostyCakee]

I have read that you arent suppose to feed while they are gravid or after they have laid a sac. But i have no real experience so just throwing in my knowledge from the internet

 

[BrettG]

Totally normal not to eat. Avicularia are good mothers,so no real need to pull the sack.But if you do,30 days and they should all be 1st instars.

 

[wesker12]

dont worry alot of t's stop eating a sac, make sure she has water though and dump some water into the sub - away from her of course to help the humidity. if you remove after like 15 days you should have eggs with legs

 

[ornamentalist]

i never feed when they have a sac, just mist through the mesh and that will be fine. they will eat soon after you pull the sac (feed her as a way of saying sorry for abducting her children)

 

[advan]

if you remove after like 15 days you should have eggs with legs

Really? :? I must of done something wrong.

 

[hammadyy]

if you really want to pull the sac I'd say pull it between 21-28 days. :}