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Austin S. said:
Two females are mated.
Third female will be here tomorrow.

The females completely lose their appetite 100% after mating.
Very weird. So, both have not put on a lot of weight yet.
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Thanks, and good luck.
 
Mattkc

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Great photos as usual Austin - always look forward to seeing your new posts.
 
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Austin S. said:
Two females are mated.
Third female will be here tomorrow.

The females completely lose their appetite 100% after mating.
Very weird. So, both have not put on a lot of weight yet.
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Yours too? One of mine eats, but the other won't touch food.
 
Austin S.

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Thistles said:
Yours too? One of mine eats, but the other won't touch food.
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Its good to know mine aren't the only ones. I don't get it?
I may have caught them eating one cricket after mating. But, they wont even eat those anymore. They are freshly molted also, so I know that's not the issue. No dubia, red runner, cricket or anything else will do the trick for them now.
Before mating, they had the feeding response like a 1 month post molt GBB lol.
 
Thistles

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Austin S. said:
Its good to know mine aren't the only ones. I don't get it?
I may have caught them eating one cricket after mating. But, they wont even eat those anymore. They are freshly molted also, so I know that's not the issue. No dubia, red runner, cricket or anything else will do the trick for them now.
Before mating, they had the feeding response like a 1 month post molt GBB lol.
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Same. I had been keeping them in similar conditions, but I decided to move one just to see if temperature would make a difference. I think they prefer cooler conditions, but I heated the eater up. I left the one refusing at low temperatures. They used to eat very well, even late in their molt cycles.

There's still a lot to learn with this species; I think they're pretty unique. Did you hear the male buzz?
 
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Austin S. said:
Two females are mated.
Third female will be here tomorrow.

The females completely lose their appetite 100% after mating.
Very weird. So, both have not put on a lot of weight yet.
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Good luck on this... I'm going to do my best to get some slings if you or Thistles has success! Very cool project.
 
Austin S.

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1.1 Pamphobeteus sp. 'solaris'
Female

Male

1.1 Orphnaceus sp. 'blue panay'

1.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. 'Ho Chi Minh' - normal phase

Harpactira dictator with egg sac

Adult female Cyriopagopus sp. 'Ke Bang' (OR schmidti GCF)
 
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Thistles said:
One of my girls laid what could only very loosely be called a "sac." It was a total loss due to her crappy construction. Neither has molted, so there's still hope.
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I am sorry to hear that, I hope you have a better chance next time. Maybe she knew the sac wasn't viable, so she didn't put too much care into the construction.
 
Thistles

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Jmanbeing93 said:
I am sorry to hear that, I hope you have a better chance next time. Maybe she knew the sac wasn't viable, so she didn't put too much care into the construction.
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I think she's just a lousy mom. :shifty:
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I don't want to hijack Austin's great thread of breeding successes, though.
 
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