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My B. hamorii started constructing her sac two days ago, turning down the hide I provided as she always has and building the eggsac at the very front of her enclosure where I can watch and now fret about the substrate, humidity and so forth! (In my only previous experience with tarantula breeding, my A. chalcodes barricaded themselves inside their hides to drop their sacs so I could only wait and wonder and worry...)
Day 2 of eggsac construction:
That was yesterday. She laid her eggs this evening and has already closed the sac and appears to be reinforcing and gathering it up. I worry about the substrate that yet clings to the bottom, but she is not done and perhaps that does no harm anyway.
Her abdomen looks almost deflated so soon after laying the eggs but Iāve seen enough spiders drop sacs to think this quite normal. I do wonder whether I should provide food and/or fresh water once she has completed her sac. (I gave her fresh water earlier in the week and she promptly filled the dish with substrate, naturally!) Is hunger or prey more likely to provoke her to consume the eggs? I feel like I have forgotten everything I have ever read about successful tarantula breeding! I shall be reviewing all I can find, but advice, concerns, reassurances, etc. are also most welcome!
Day 2 of eggsac construction:
That was yesterday. She laid her eggs this evening and has already closed the sac and appears to be reinforcing and gathering it up. I worry about the substrate that yet clings to the bottom, but she is not done and perhaps that does no harm anyway.
Her abdomen looks almost deflated so soon after laying the eggs but Iāve seen enough spiders drop sacs to think this quite normal. I do wonder whether I should provide food and/or fresh water once she has completed her sac. (I gave her fresh water earlier in the week and she promptly filled the dish with substrate, naturally!) Is hunger or prey more likely to provoke her to consume the eggs? I feel like I have forgotten everything I have ever read about successful tarantula breeding! I shall be reviewing all I can find, but advice, concerns, reassurances, etc. are also most welcome!