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Hi, everyone. My spitting spider recently opened her egg sac. The babies are still very close to her. Are fruit flies too big for them? I know the species is semi-communal, but will the mother share food with them? When and where should I release the ones I don't plan on keeping?

...Tarantulas have been successfully kept in colonies of 20+ spiders, all living together. One should be cautious when attempting to keep even communal tarantulas together. There are some species that tend to coexist peacefully, as long as nothing goes wrong. However, if anything does go wrong...

Don’t

There is a lot going on here so I will just quote it all and provide some of my perspectives instead of trying to slice it up and respond to each point. If I repeat some of the same points, just consider it me being in agreement. Firstly, the argument that there is no scientific evidence of...

...it to the bottom. I have better than 20/20 vision but God bless the breeders that keep this species in the hobby. My point...I keep things communal as a method of culling. Id be lying if I omitted the fact that I would love to observe a communal setup but I've got to wait for a good portion...

There's no scientific evidence I've ever read that certain genus/species live communally. The only thing that is documented that I've read is with avics. A male can remain in the same enclosure with the female for a few days after mating. The female is more tolerant of co-habitating with the...

...for most specimens. A few elites here...theirs are THRIVING. That's kind of what happens when you study and improve based on science. This communal idea was not even founded there. I think it's more likely that they received the same signal to emerge from the nest that everyone else but had...

...OP to reveal their source so it would expose the misinformation they received. With M. balfouri, there is no scientific evidence they live communally on the island off Yemen where they were discovered. Given it's location no scientific expeditions have been there since to do more field work...

The big difference is, most, if not all Poecilotheria have been observed in the wild, and they are not communal. In captivity they can be kept together longer than other Tarantulas when hatched, I think this is where the communal aspect of Poecilotheria come into argument. Just because they can...

I have never bread any poecilotheria, but, I would assume that these guys will do better being left until 3rd. I'm sure that's why some people think these can be communal, the fact they can be left together longer than other genus.

Where did you get your information on Poecilotheria communals? I'm just curious to know what the source is.

Poster has an eggsac. Guess poster views this experiment as more fun than selling/giving/culling ??? Communal = culling, imo.

No No No No! They are not communal animals!!!!! People thought the same thing BEFORE you were alive on the planet, and they were wrong then! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :astonished:

check out Mark's Tarantulas and his last video on his P. subfusca communal, thats pretty much how it ends

Poecilotheria Metallica are definitely not communal, they will tolerate each other at a smaller size but as they get bigger you're going to end up with one fat spider. Get Monocentropus Balfouri, although many would argue there not communal, I'm just n the other side of that. I have one just...

Step 1: Don't. Really though -- they aren't communal animals. You'll most likely end up with one fat spider.

so im planning to make a communal pmet setup, i have a pmet eggsac and im planning to make a communal setup for it, do i just put then in an enclosure when they are slings?

No problem- 99.99% who ask that type of question are anthropomorphisizing 😉 In fact when we tell peeps they don’t have the anatomy, they tell us “you’re wrong”🤮 I don’t have time for that crap. good luck!

If you want her to drop a sac, remove the male....

Thanks for that information. Just to settle your mind, I don't plan for a communal, it is a breeding project. 😉 and the fact that I asked about behavior and used poor word choice does not mean I was anthropomorphisizing. Again, thanks for the experienced input.