Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens building her nest!!!! Lots of pics.

[TalonAWD]

Thanks. I have been waiting for this moment since I built her enclosure. I am so happy to have gotten this far.

 

[PrimalTaunt]

Heres my full report till today on mating my GBB.
Her legspan is 5.5" - 6". She is over 2 years old.

Mating attempt September 17, 2009 3:30pm
Successful insertion witness at around 4:30pm
Male escaped unharmed.
Desire was raising abdomen and scratching area.

Temps were 85F and the humidity was 65-70%.
I misted from the outside of the enclosure so make the air around the enclosure moist. The plexy top was also sprayed from the outside. I did not want to disturb them.

Drumming was instant.

Second mating attempt September 26, 2009 Male was reintroduced. No response from female though she turned to face him. Male was avoiding her the whole time trying to escape. Removed male 30 minutes later.

September 29, 2009. Partially flooded an area in the tank to raise humidity.
Heavy feeding started in Late September 2009.

October 17, 2009 Abdomen is large and round. Continue keeping the humidity around high 70%.
November 2, 2009 Abdomen is really large and she has stop feeding. Very defensive behavior. Attacks and Kills anything in tank but does not eat. Any disturbance gives the threat posture.
November 10, 2009 She has started constructing a nest. Created a circular wall all around her.
November 11, 2009 Continued to construct nest and has fully enclosed herself in her nest.
November 12, 2009 8am Was found layering a bed of silk. Abdomen still large.
2pm Abdomen was small and found layering a bed of silk over eggs.
4pm Started to roll the bed into a sac.

That's one of the best reports that I've read especially due to the listing of their sizes as many reports don't include that.

 

[TalonAWD]

Thank you. I tend to pay attention to details. :clap:

 

[TalonAWD]

Pictures!!

Here are the only pictures that i was able to get. I had to move her enclosure so I have access to this window. I don't want to disturb her much. She is taking care of sac from what I see. She rotates it than rocks back and forth a couple of times than stays still. In the few minutes I was taking the pics, she did this twice. I don't know what is the rocking action for but it made me think "Rock a by baby"
Not the best pictures but like I said I was stressed thinking that I was bothering her and wanted to keep it as short as possible. The sac is pretty big. I got two somewhat clear pics in two different lights. It was kinda hard because the camera kept focusing on the webs that was on the glass.

 

[Amelia]

Oh my, what a good read. Great pics, cool enclosure, and *hopefully* many little fertile eggs.

 

[xhexdx]

Grats, and great job on all the documentation.

I hope the sac is good and you get tons of little GBB slings.

--Joe

 

[bksbuddha]

Congrats on the future babies. That was so awesome to watch. Thank you so very much for sharing your experience.

 

[x Mr Awesome x]

Very nicely done buddy! How rewarding this must have been for you!

 

[AllieCat]

Awwww!!! She looks so cute sitting on her sac!! I don't envy you having to take it! Wasn't it one of Robc's videos where he gave the empty sac back to his GBB? I thought that was a nice touch.........:clap:

 

[TalonAWD]

Yeah its going to break my heart. Shes the only sling I brought up from that tiny to adult. Shes gonna stay with me for the rest of her life.
But its for the best to pull it cause she will only stay with the motherly instinct for so long. I do have plans on returning her sac just like Robc did.

My plan is to pull on the 1st week of December.

 

[Miss Bianca]

Was FINALLY able to read this thread...
Great job Steve!!
I'm very happy for your experience and potential success...
I absolutely love GBB babies...
Best of luck and congrats on getting to this "count-down" part of breeding

-B

 

[TalonAWD]

Better late than never, Bianca.

Thanks! The countdown is the most nerve wrecking part. Sometimes I find myself tip toeing when around her enclosure for fear of disturbing her to much.