How long eggs hatch and how to incubate?

[TarantulaTanker]

Please help me out on how long does a pumpkin patch egg hatch?
How do I incubate it or even how to do it right?

 

[EulersK]

Use the search tool in the top right hand corner of this page. Rearing a sac is not something that anyone has time (or patience) to walk you through step by step. If you are new to the hobby, I'd strongly recommend against pairing. If you've already paired, then you've got a lot of homework to do.

 

[peterUK]

Why do you need it incubate the sac ?

Tarantulas have been doing it by themselves for the last 16 millions years without a kind human taking the sac away to incubate

 

[Yanose]

I Take the sack at 28 days or so to reduce the risk of mom eating the sac just how i do it some people have amazing luck with leaving it with mom though.

 

[TarantulaTanker]

Actually it was kinda of a freak accident. My hapalopus sp. Laid eggs on her own without mating.

 

[Haksilence]

Actually it was kinda of a freak accident. My hapalopus sp. Laid eggs on her own without mating.

Then they are non fertile, you might as well go get a chicken egg out of your fridge and sit on it for as month for as much good that will do you. Same thing with your ts eggs. She's not the Virgin Rosie.

Momma spider will eat them eventually.

 

[beaker41]

Use the search tool in the top right hand corner of this page. Rearing a sac is not something that anyone has time (or patience) to walk you through step by step. If you are new to the hobby, I'd strongly recommend against pairing. If you've already paired, then you've got a lot of homework to do.

Apparently some of us have more time and patience than others, hatching a sac doesn't really require much honestly. You could try to pull the sac after 30 days, but if the eggs are infertile she may abandon it earlier than that. Assuming it isn't infertile you can put the babies on a cradle . I use a small Tupperware style bowl cut down to 2 inches high , covered in black cotton tights and slipped into an identical bowl. You fill the inner bowl with distilled water and this provides a completely dry surface with high humidity for the spiderlings to molt their final two stages. Typically egg sacs take around 90 days to hatch completely to 3rd instar.

 

[Poec54]

Actually it was kinda of a freak accident. My hapalopus sp. Laid eggs on her own without mating.

'Phantom sac.' Not fertilized, not viable. Let her eat it and reuse the nutrition.

 

[lalberts9310]

I agree, if she molted in your care previously and you didn't bought her recently from someone, and you didn't pair her, it's a phantom sac. So there will be no babies. Leave it till she eats it or toss it.

 

[Poec54]

Typically egg sacs take around 90 days to hatch completely to 3rd instar.

With most species, 2nd instar is the turning point when they get the full compliment of fur and have used up the egg yolk in their abdomens and start feeding. That's a better measure, and that happens at around 60 days, depending on species and temps.

I incubate mine in 16 oz deli cups, with tiny pin holes in the sides that allow for airflow but keep small flies out. I tear open the sac and place it on a slightly moist folded paper towel. I lightly mist the towel before it dries out. This keeps humidity up for molting and gives the slings hydration.

 

[cold blood]

'Phantom sac.' Not fertilized, not viable. Let her eat it and reuse the nutrition.

Yeah tarantulas do not reproduce asexually...man, if they could, ts would be so cheap we'd all have every species.

 

[BorisTheSpider]

Yeah tarantulas do not reproduce asexually...man, if they could, ts would be so cheap we'd all have every species.

Tribbles do and you see how that worked out . All the quadrotriticale is gone !!

 

[gottarantulas]

It 'tis a "phantom sac".

 

[EulersK]

All of this and the OP knew for a fact that the spider hadn't mated I get that we're not all experts on tarantula reproduction, but come on.

 

[TarantulaTanker]

Thanks for the info guys, they where very helpful.

Although I bought her as a mature female for its species, but i asked the previous owner if he had mated her with a male.

He said, he dind't paired her.
But its almost a month now she still hasen't eaten or either abandon the sac, and she sealed her burrow preety tight, and every time I go and check on her, she hugs the sac as it if where a fertile one, I have 30 species of T's in my collection and don't plan on breeding.

I'll just have to wait until it reaches 30 days then I'll observe her if she gets agitated and eat the eggs.

Thanks for those who gave a possitive feedback and for those who just made it complicated try to, be more less of being A-holes next time.

 

[TarantulaTanker]

God d*mn it!
I just replied in my own question, then I went to check on my T's and apperantly my B.Auratum just laid her clutch at this moment of my reply.

She too hasn't been mated and just molted on Dec 19, 15
Lol.

 

[mistertim]

All of this and the OP knew for a fact that the spider hadn't mated I get that we're not all experts on tarantula reproduction, but come on.

Maybe he was hoping for an Immaculate T Conception? If that happened would he have named all of the slings Jesus?

 

[EulersK]

Even if it was an albo, I'd pay top dollar for a spider resulting from asexual reproduction.

I legitimately believe that we were all just trolled pretty hard. At least, I was.

 

[TarantulaTanker]

Maybe he was hoping for an Immaculate T Conception? If that happened would he have named all of the slings Jesus?

Just got curious especially that this the first time or make that the second time to happen, I can't find much info on phantom sacs.

 

[mistertim]

Just got curious especially that this the first time or make that the second time to happen, I can't find much info on phantom sacs.

Heh. I was just playing around with you.