23 days after the mating

[AudreyElizabeth]

She has had three fat dubia roaches since the big event, and I think she looks bigger than she did at the actual time of copulation.
Is it too soon to be able to notice?

 

[Endagr8]

Of course she looks bigger if she's had three fat dubia!

If that's Brachypelma albopilosum you might have to wait awhile to notice development.

 

[DansDragons]

yeah, my female was gravid for months before she dropped a sac.

 

[AudreyElizabeth]

Of course she looks bigger if she's had three fat dubia!

That's kind of what I was thinking :8o ..... But I wanted to check anyway.
I've been leaving her alone, except to drop food in, and decided to look her over really good today.
On a side note, I've been looking for the male to build another sperm web. I left on vacation for a week, so there is no way to be sure he has or hasn't. I've been wanting to put him in again, I guess it couldn't hurt to do so, huh?

 

[barabootom]

That's kind of what I was thinking :8o ..... But I wanted to check anyway.
I've been leaving her alone, except to drop food in, and decided to look her over really good today.
On a side note, I've been looking for the male to build another sperm web. I left on vacation for a week, so there is no way to be sure he has or hasn't. I've been wanting to put him in again, I guess it couldn't hurt to do so, huh?

If she breeds again it likely wasn't a successful breeding the first time. If she shows no interest in the male or attacks him she likely has been successfully bred. It can commonly take 3-8 months for a sac to be laid. I'm guessing she is getting fatter because she has eggs developing inside her.

 

[Vanisher]

Well, to me it looks like she is developing eggs. But that depends on how fat she was before. /Johan

 

[AudreyElizabeth]

Update

I paired the two again last night, and they mated again. What was different this time is after the act, she tried very earnestly to run him down and eat him! I got her to back off and I got him out alive and well, but it was pretty crazy. I didn't record it because I wanted to watch the insertions, and there were several!

 

[Andy]

ohhh exciting