Kibosh
Arachnoknight
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- Dec 6, 2013
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So my D. medius which I have had for about 9 months now and thriving started acting very strangely the last couple weeks.
It has been refusing food and been very reclusive, even at night.
Then today I picked up it's enclosure to really start to look for it and it came crawling out and it has a dozen or more little bubbles on the underside of it's abdomen now that from pictures I clearly recognize as eggs. They are quite large now at this point, nearly the size of peas and I am afraid about to hatch at any day.
1. Is this even possible? Are they infertile? As I said I have had her for about 9 months with no contact to a male and she has molted once in my care. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs with no contact with a male and even after molting?
2. If they are fertile what do I do to care for larva D. medius? So many questions! When do I septate them into their own enclosures? Do I just treat them exactly like tiny D. medius? I would really like to raise them all and send some of them off to you kind folks and raise a few more myself from the larva stage.
Appreciate any help and guidance you guys can give me. She looks like she could pop any day now so time is a factor.
It has been refusing food and been very reclusive, even at night.
Then today I picked up it's enclosure to really start to look for it and it came crawling out and it has a dozen or more little bubbles on the underside of it's abdomen now that from pictures I clearly recognize as eggs. They are quite large now at this point, nearly the size of peas and I am afraid about to hatch at any day.
1. Is this even possible? Are they infertile? As I said I have had her for about 9 months with no contact to a male and she has molted once in my care. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs with no contact with a male and even after molting?
2. If they are fertile what do I do to care for larva D. medius? So many questions! When do I septate them into their own enclosures? Do I just treat them exactly like tiny D. medius? I would really like to raise them all and send some of them off to you kind folks and raise a few more myself from the larva stage.
Appreciate any help and guidance you guys can give me. She looks like she could pop any day now so time is a factor.