hi all,
has anyone here ever mated g. pulchra and got a sac? i'm asking cause i've got a g. pulchra male in a swap and i paired him up with my girl. my breeder told me that they pair up easily but the females never build a sac. in germany, it's been several years (to his and my) knowledge that someone got a pulchra to actually make a sac and produce slings.
so if anyone succeeded, please let me know all the parameters...
the mating, imo, went very well:
the female molted less than three month ago and is well fed, but not fat.
she is about 6 cm body size. the male's leg span is a bit more than hers, his carapax a bit smaller than hers though.
he was really eager to mate - just drummed a few times, went over while she was still making up her mind, lifted her and got a couple of really good insertions. all in all the mating only took about 5 minutes.
afterwards, she tried to eat him . i held the tank open for him to escape with one hand and used the other to keep her from biting him (with tongs, of course ). well, he escaped unharmed (hid behind the biggest and most heavy tank - we had to move it to retrieve him :wall.
i gave her a big locust as a reward afterwards, and she munched it happily.
well, regarding her aggression i'd rather not mate them a second time. after all, he did his job very well the first time - she should absolutely be able to produce a sac. so what do i do next?
i thought about feeding her up for about a week, than getting her through a cooling period of about 3-4 weeks, than simultate a warm and wet spring.
what do you think?
has anyone here ever mated g. pulchra and got a sac? i'm asking cause i've got a g. pulchra male in a swap and i paired him up with my girl. my breeder told me that they pair up easily but the females never build a sac. in germany, it's been several years (to his and my) knowledge that someone got a pulchra to actually make a sac and produce slings.
so if anyone succeeded, please let me know all the parameters...
the mating, imo, went very well:
the female molted less than three month ago and is well fed, but not fat.
she is about 6 cm body size. the male's leg span is a bit more than hers, his carapax a bit smaller than hers though.
he was really eager to mate - just drummed a few times, went over while she was still making up her mind, lifted her and got a couple of really good insertions. all in all the mating only took about 5 minutes.
afterwards, she tried to eat him . i held the tank open for him to escape with one hand and used the other to keep her from biting him (with tongs, of course ). well, he escaped unharmed (hid behind the biggest and most heavy tank - we had to move it to retrieve him :wall.
i gave her a big locust as a reward afterwards, and she munched it happily.
well, regarding her aggression i'd rather not mate them a second time. after all, he did his job very well the first time - she should absolutely be able to produce a sac. so what do i do next?
i thought about feeding her up for about a week, than getting her through a cooling period of about 3-4 weeks, than simultate a warm and wet spring.
what do you think?