General breeding questions

[Phancyface724]

I'm thinking about getting a breeding group of RCF rosies. I'm familiar with Ts but totally new to the breeding process. I'm trying to gather as much info as I can before I attempt this tho. I've searched the forums here and haven't found the info I was looking for so I figured I would ask. Are there any sites that gives DETAILED info of how to for a beginner? Or does anyone have any tips they could throw my way? Thanks in advance.

 

[Clement]

ok i will do my best
first be sure that your male is mature and you female s last molt is recent. feed your female a lot the week before you attemp breeding. when you see a sperm web in the male's enclosure it is time to go! put the male in the female tank (i suggest you run a search on youtube there is some great mating vids out here) after the insertion take the male out and you can try once a week or so.
that's the general thing, do you have other question?
i hope it helped
cheers

 

[Clement]

I. Are there any sites that gives DETAILED info of how to for a beginner?

there is a chapter on breeding in the tarantula keeping guide and in every good book.

 

[Nerri1029]

There are plenty of ways to "get into breeding"

1 - Accidentally: buy a female .. ( next thing you know she's laying a sac )

2 - Buy a established breeder (female) of an easy species, search for a male and try

3 - what you've suggested.

G. rosea - unless I'm remembering correctly is not an easy species to breed.

I've only tried once so I can;t really give you any solid advice of what to do.


EITHER WAY: there is little that can prepare you for caring for hundreds of spiderlings. What will you feed them? where will you keep them? What do you plan to do with them IF you actually do get a successful sac?

all things to consider.

Reading the threads here about breeding, rearing a sac, and as Clement said The Tarantula Keeper's Guide is always a good start!

 

[Phancyface724]

Thanks

Thanks for all the info, I actually got that book a few weeks ago and forgot I had it till you reminded me lol. I guess my biggest fear is the horror stories that you hear of the female eating the male. I know that's the reason to feed them well the week prior but if it were to happen to me I would feel awful. I know it's a fact of nature, but still.

I think I'm pretty well ready if I were to actually be successful. I've successfly had fruit fly colonies when I had tiny little slings and couldn't find pin head crickets around here. Also, I've heard of people using little vials, the tubes from photo film and pill bottles to seperate them, so I would be sure to stock up on them in the weeks before I actually did it. I would either sell them cheap or even offer them for free (just pay shipping) here on the forums. I'm not doing this for profit, I'm just trying to learn right now, and eventually be able to make my mark on the hobby.

Another question I had is that I always hear of people removing the egg sack from the female. How do you know when to do this? Is there a set number of days (pretty sure I heard that before). Am I going to need an incubator?

I'm sorry for all of the questions, but I just want to make sure that I have a good idea of what I'm doing before I risk the life of a poor little male rosie lol.

 

[Clement]

Another question I had is that I always hear of people removing the egg sack from the female. How do you know when to do this? Is there a set number of days (pretty sure I heard that before). Am I going to need an incubator?

there is no specific time to get the sac away. you can put the eggs in an incubbator the days after they are laid if you want to. depending of the temperature, and the specie the eggs develops at different rate. the advantage of keeping the sac with the female is that she shake it naturally, but if you wait to long, you'll have great tme separating the babies
a month is a great deal, you can find incubators tutorials on youtube. don't forget to shake them gently a couple time per day.

 

[syndicate]

Make sure before you breed anything that your ready and have the space to be feeding 100+ spiderlings in the case that you are successful!
I mated rosea about 3 years back and my female has still not molted or made an egg sack haha!
The mating tho was possibly one of the coolest pairings I have seen..The female wanted nothing to do with the male and instantly gave him a threat display when he approached her.This male had one thing on his mind and pretty much raped the female and took off lol!
As said above I guess there not the easiest to produce in captivity but if its a species that you like and want to breed I say go for it!
-Chris