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A debate arose over the mortality rate of spiderlings. This has been covered before, but the info dates back to 2003, so I think a refresh is warranted.
If you have purchased s'lings, how has your success rate been?. We'll limit this to being able to raise them to the juvenile stage, since the period between the s'ling and juvenile is reputed to be the most dicey part. Also, we'll try to keep things equal. Some tarantula species have a bigger reputation of failure rates than others, like some Avics, I believe.
I guess we should avoid deaths due to shipping issues, since that is sort of a different situation, but that's up to you if you want to include such incidents. This isn't a formal poll.
So, overall, how many spiders have you raised to make it past the "fragile" zone?
I'm at a four out of 6 survival rate, but one I received and eventually lost was an adult, and I lost another to a bad moult at the juvie stage, neither of which can be attributed to a s'ling failure to thrive incident.
Also, info on the matter of sac survivor percentages from those who breed tarantulas would be interesting.
If you have purchased s'lings, how has your success rate been?. We'll limit this to being able to raise them to the juvenile stage, since the period between the s'ling and juvenile is reputed to be the most dicey part. Also, we'll try to keep things equal. Some tarantula species have a bigger reputation of failure rates than others, like some Avics, I believe.
I guess we should avoid deaths due to shipping issues, since that is sort of a different situation, but that's up to you if you want to include such incidents. This isn't a formal poll.
So, overall, how many spiders have you raised to make it past the "fragile" zone?
I'm at a four out of 6 survival rate, but one I received and eventually lost was an adult, and I lost another to a bad moult at the juvie stage, neither of which can be attributed to a s'ling failure to thrive incident.
Also, info on the matter of sac survivor percentages from those who breed tarantulas would be interesting.