Not really, I had her at regular room temps up until about a 2 weeks ago when I added a heat pad to the bottom of her enclosure. Then 2 nights ago I rearranged some of the cork bark that I provided her. Last night she was busy making a sac.
Not really, they hatched , and the spiderling are eating 10 day old crickets. It will be a couple of months for the next sac to hatch. I've separated about 35 slings, and I suspect there is still another 4 or 5 running around in the enclosure, making the total around 39-40 spiderlings from the first sac.
Thanks, I'd guess they grow about 3" the long way.
I managed to sex them with the molts, it wasn't easy to unfold the delicate skin under the microscope , but with a little patience its possible. Males are not as obvious to spot as they are with tarantulas. There's no hooks, and the palps are usually tucked under hiding the very tiny emboli. As you mentioned though, they are built thinner and smaller.
Both males and females, so do the spiderlings as soon as they hatch. Mature males do as well, but tend to hang out on top of the sand and wonder around, more so then immature males and females.