At It Again!

[Austin S.]

Well to make a long story short, yesterday morning, she ripped everything down, including the hammock and all the silk that it was suspened from. I do not know why she did? The mating season in Africa for this species is during the rainy season, maybe why this species makes a hammock so it doesnt touch the ground. Well I havent been flooding her burrow that much, so maybe she realized there was no need for it to be suspended. Well I dug to get the silk mess out (from the looks of things, it looked like she ate the sac) but when I pulled the glob of silk, the sac was still attached. I decided to incubate it myself. The eggs look PERFECT.

I talked to Guy Tansley and a couple others and they all agree this would be the best thing to do, and so do I.

Note: If you look closely while turning the eggs, you can actually see the "yolk" or whatever inside moving. Does this mean that is is infact fertile? Hope so!

 

[SeanJo]

GOOD LUCK! :clap: :clap:

 

[ZergFront]

Cool

I wish you best of luck on these. Hope to see some pics or video of hatching.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Thats alot of eggs. Good luck.

 

[J.huff23]

Awesome Austin! What a sweet species.

Good luck man.

 

[Austin S.]

Thanks everyone. I just hope things go well and we can see some little eggs growing inside in about 5-8 days. Here is the settup. I have 3 Aphonopelma hentzi sacs in with it (2 are eggs with legs, 1 is about 5 days away).
It is usually a stable 80 deg's, and 75% humidity. ITs at 65% b/c the lid was off during picture time.

Since my camera cannot zoom so close, its micro time!

 

[funnylori]

I recently pulled an P. irmina sac at about day 12-15. Some of the sac was still wet, goey. The eggs sloshed around a bit. Right now some of them are at the eggs with legs stage, some show no development, and some had the legs develop but they never popped off and are now turning black. Essentially, we had mixed results. We don't know if the ones that 'sloshed' were the ones that were good or not. Hope everything turns out for the best for you!

 

[Austin S.]

Exactly 369 good lookin eggs. Lets just hope it stays that way!

 

[Roski]

awesome! good luck!
i've always known that mommy Ts will sometimes eat her own sac, but never thought to ask why =\ does this behaviour have an explanation?

and wow... just beautiful documentation, I'm speechless

 

[Austin S.]

The days keep ticking, and the eggs keep looking better! None have been tossed yet.

You think things are forming inside?

 

[Austin S.]

Should be seeing eggs with legs early next week!!!!!!!! Gunna have King baboon babies!!!! FINALLY, after 5 years of trying. And i know, its not forsure just yet, but the sight of this, amazes me.

 

[stryder05]

Wow, you can actually see their little legs inside. Congrats man!

 

[funnylori]

HUZZAH!!! Congratulations! I'm so excited! They are so much fun.

 

[Austin S.]

Good news and some bad news. They are starting to become eggs with legs, but many seem as if they are stuck! I knowticed last night some started popping out, and it looks like some have been stuck in the same position for a while. What could I do to help? I know a drop of water would probably kill them, but maybe not? The Temp is a stable 80 deg's, with hum. at 75%.

 

[seanbond]

good luck man!!!
keep up the great work!

 

[pato_chacoana]

Hello Austin,

First, congrats on the successful sac. To your question, heres what I'll do:

Raise temp. to 84 - 86, raise humidity at 85% or at maximum possible without mold, more frecuent rotation of the eggs. Once they are egg with legs, if you keep having trouble you can slightly moisten the paper towel they are in. Once they molt into 1º instar you can slightly mist them to give them more humidity. But always be carefull about not getting mold.
Separate the eggs that can make it or are in doubt of making it.

Again, this is what I will do in your case, not the definite truth. Best luck, keep posting

Pato

 

[J.huff23]

Hey Austin...any updates on these?

 

[Austin S.]

Hey guys, sorry its been a while, things have been pretty bad lately. Heres whats up:
2 weeks ago, as shown in the picture above, EVERY egg had developement inside, you could see legs inside every egg. Well only about 10% of 369 eggs popped out.

Out of that 10% that popped out, around 7% are 1st instar. I will try and get a pic or two later.

To say the least, I AM HAPPY AS HE** I ATLEAST GOT SOMETHING THIS TIME.

 

[J.huff23]

Hey guys, sorry its been a while, things have been pretty bad lately. Heres whats up:
2 weeks ago, as shown in the picture above, EVERY egg had developement inside, you could see legs inside every egg. Well only about 10% of 369 eggs popped out.

Out of that 10% that popped out, around 7% are 1st instar. I will try and get a pic or two later.

To say the least, I AM HAPPY AS HE** I ATLEAST GOT SOMETHING THIS TIME.

Is this from the hentzi sac or the crawshayi sac?

 

[ZergFront]

The pictures with the eggs that have legs forming inside is soooo cool! I wonder if there is a camera small enough to take pictures inside such a tiny thing..

Do they unhatched ones still look fresh? (not moldy or dark) Maybe you just got a bunch of laggers that aren't ready for the world yet..?


BTW, how old is this one you have? Looks absolutely massive!