A. Chalcodes egg sac care

[rymay33]

I bred my Aphonopelma Chalcodes on 8/30/24 and am just curious of any tips once she lays her sac as this is my first breeding project. I know I need to separate it around 20-25 days (if that’s incorrect let me know) but I’ve heard lots of different things on when she will lay. I have heard she won’t lay till spring, but I’ve also heard you don’t know so you just need to keep an eye out. And what method of “incubation” do you recommend is the best and causes the least fatality.

 

[A guy]

I bred my Aphonopelma Chalcodes on 8/30/24 and am just curious of any tips once she lays her sac as this is my first breeding project. I know I need to separate it around 20-25 days (if that’s incorrect let me know) but I’ve heard lots of different things on when she will lay. I have heard she won’t lay till spring, but I’ve also heard you don’t know so you just need to keep an eye out. And what method of “incubation” do you recommend is the best and causes the least fatality.

Personally, I always leave the sac with mom but that's probably the riskiest option with the downside being mom will eat the sac.

You could always go for the coffee filter method.

 

[viper69]

causes the least fatality

pull sac

 

[cold blood]

I know I need to separate it around 20-25 days

Well no.....once the sac is dropped, you can take it at any time and incubate......though things seems to progress best with mom......these are not fast developers, so you can leave it wil mom for 45 days....you can also pull earlier, like 25-30 days....the advantage to this is 1. mom cant eat it, and 2. if there is an issue with a dead egg or dying clump, you can separate the death out and save the rest of the sac.

Now when you pull the sac, you will open it and spread the eggs in the incubator.....only after they molt to second instar will they need to be seperated....this could be months after pulling the sac.

but I’ve heard lots of different things on when she will lay.

Because tarantulas dont have a gestation period like a mammal would....it could drop a sac a few weeks after pairing, or over a year after pairing, there is no way to know what your ts timetable is going to be.

And what method of “incubation” do you recommend is the best and causes the least fatality.

There are many methods, look them all up and familiarize yourself.....every breeder is going to find their best method through trial and error....what works great for some, might not work well for others......you can get someone telling to do it one way, but until you try, you wont know if that's the best for you.

For example, the coffee filter technique is popular, many breeders i know swear by it....I, however, have terrible luck with this method, so I dont use it.....but it could indeed be the method for you.

 

[rymay33]

Well no.....once the sac is dropped, you can take it at any time and incubate......though things seems to progress best with mom......these are not fast developers, so you can leave it wil mom for 45 days....you can also pull earlier, like 25-30 days....the advantage to this is 1. mom cant eat it, and 2. if there is an issue with a dead egg or dying clump, you can separate the death out and save the rest of the sac.

Now when you pull the sac, you will open it and spread the eggs in the incubator.....only after they molt to second instar will they need to be seperated....this could be months after pulling the sac.


Because tarantulas dont have a gestation period like a mammal would....it could drop a sac a few weeks after pairing, or over a year after pairing, there is no way to know what your ts timetable is going to be.

There are many methods, look them all up and familiarize yourself.....every breeder is going to find their best method through trial and error....what works great for some, might not work well for others......you can get someone telling to do it one way, but until you try, you wont know if that's the best for you.

For example, the coffee filter technique is popular, many breeders i know swear by it....I, however, have terrible luck with this method, so I dont use it.....but it could indeed be the method for you.

Thank you for all the info! It’s super hard to find specific Chalcodes egg sac care, or just any breeding info in general, I had no clue I could leave it for up to 45 days. I’ve learned a ton about a bunch of different methods. Thank god I have time to figure out which one to try

 

[Brewser]

Just Googled the Web with (Aphonopelma egg sac) and found several Videos etc. etc.

 

[TheraMygale]

You wont make money. That needs to be said.

these little spiderlings might be your pride and joy. But youll get nothing for them.

so i hope you really want this.

youll have to sell as a batch, or look for a hundred homes. Id take one for sure, but im in Canada. And you cant send them to us.

Care is one thing. After that, do you have a plan?