How often do you retry breeding?

[JaleelJuice]

If you get what appear to be successful insertions on a pairing attempt, do you retry a week or so later until you see signs of an eggsac? Thanks in advance

 

[Liquifin]

No. If you see one good insertion then that is good enough already. Anymore attempts is just risking the male getting eaten.

 

[Tarantuland]

A related question that I hoped this thread was about

How often do you retry breeding if you don't have a successful insertion?

 

[DaveM]

A related question that I hoped this thread was about

How often do you retry breeding if you don't have a successful insertion?

You could try again the next day. Depends on how/why there was a failure. You might need to consider altering your strategy, e.g. shark-tanking [or doing it for longer], introducing the female on the male's turf, disturbing the spiders less in advance, etc.

 

[Tarantuland]

You could try again the next day. Depends on how/why there was a failure. You might need to consider altering your strategy, e.g. shark-tanking [or doing it for longer], introducing the female on the male's turf, disturbing the spiders less in advance, etc.

I got a male who’s sperm webbing in the shark tank but him and female don’t seem to be interested at the same time. I’ve tried 5 times now and nada

 

[DaveM]

I got a male who’s sperm webbing in the shark tank but him and female don’t seem to be interested at the same time. I’ve tried 5 times now and nada

5 times, hmm... What species? Are you sure the female is mature and not about to molt? Is the male dancing/drumming when he gets on her web, and she chases him off? or ignores him? And you're certain of the matching species identification? Sorry, just troubleshooting here.

 

[Tarantuland]

5 times, hmm... What species? Are you sure the female is mature and not about to molt? Is the male dancing/drumming when he gets on her web, and she chases him off? or ignores him? And you're certain of the matching species identification? Sorry, just troubleshooting here.

Yup…A seemanni. Female molted 2 months ago, male matured in July. The male drums and the female ignores him. A few times, she drums but he scurries off when she gets near him. They have drummed at each other a few times and even both drummed through the shark cage. He successfully bred with another female before I bought him



Actually right now I just had to split them up, they were locked up, both had fangs out. But I was able to get them apart, I put him back in the shark tank though because I don’t think he got an insertion

 

[DaveM]

Actually right now I just had to split them up, they were locked up, both had fangs out. But I was able to get them apart, I put him back in the shark tank though because I don’t think he got an insertion

Hmm... you're sure he's never gotten any insertions?
I wonder if you might get a sac down the road, that she's refusing him because he's already gotten her? ...but that's not what you think. Maybe someone else has suggestions.
Nice looking couple.

 

[Tarantuland]

Hmm... you're sure he's never gotten any insertions?
I wonder if you might get a sac down the road, that she's refusing him because she's already been fertilized? ...but that's not what you think. Maybe someone else has suggestions.
Nice looking couple.

He might have just got it in tonight, but all of the other pairings I really don’t think so but thank you! Hopefully it works out one way or another

 

[l4nsky]

I've always had good results with doing a web swap about a day prior.

 

[Liquifin]

I got a male who’s sperm webbing in the shark tank but him and female don’t seem to be interested at the same time. I’ve tried 5 times now and nada

So why have you never tried just a normal breeding attempt? Why is it always shark tank method? Do you just not value males enough?

 

[Tarantuland]

So why have you never tried just a normal breeding attempt? Why is it always shark tank method? Do you just not value males enough?

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this...I feel like maybe you misunderstand what shark tanking means.

What does shark tanking mean to you?

What is a normal breeding attempt?

I introduced the male into the females enclosure, they didn't pair. I then put him in an enclosed container within the females enclosure, so they would notice each other, but he would be safe from being eaten.

 

[coolnweird]

So why have you never tried just a normal breeding attempt? Why is it always shark tank method? Do you just not value males enough?

I don't understand how shark tanking indicates a lack of value assigned to males. Doesn't that phrase refer to the practice of putting the male, while contained in another smaller enclosure, into the female enclosure? To me, that seems like a great way to let them "get to know each other"

 

[coolnweird]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this...I feel like maybe you misunderstand what shark tanking means.

What does shark tanking mean to you?

What is a normal breeding attempt?

I introduced the male into the females enclosure, they didn't pair. I then put him in an enclosed container within the females enclosure, so they would notice each other, but he would be safe from being eaten.

You beat me to it! I think this must just be a misunderstanding of the definition of shark tanking

 

[Tarantuland]

Shark tanked

 

[Liquifin]

View attachment 402461 Shark tanked

Oh, I was thinking in a manner of like Co-hab. Fair enough, that's on me for misinterpretation.