huntsman help please!

[massmorels]

Someone just gave me a male/female pr. of 3" Giant Crab Spiders (Heteropoda venatoria). Whats the best way to set them up and breed them? They are fast and creepy, and Ive never kept true spiders before.

 

[massmorels]

Wow,... so much help from the forum members on this one.

 

[massmorels]

Okay, how about a different question. Since this was discovered in the female's tank today, can anyone tell me what the average size of a huntsman sling is?

 

[Irks]

pictures of babies here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=84476
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=84476&page=2

Very small, if you have properly sized airholes for mom, the babies will get out.

 

[massmorels]

tiny tiny.. And the vent holes are big, too big to have slings bust out of a sac in that container.

Thanks for the help!

 

[KyuZo]

i can't tell you exactly how small the slings will be, but i know that you can feed them fruit flies.
the best way to feed them fruit flies without having the FF running all over the place is by placing them all in a bowl of water (they are going to try to stand on top of the water). they all are going to be huddling together on top of the water (you'll see what i mean when you do this). After that you just take a tooth pick or a twig and net out the amount that you need.
I don't recommend seperating the slings just yet (this is going to be very hard to do since there are too many and they are very fast).
just dump some FF in there and they can all eat together. seperate them after they molt once or twice.
hope this help n good luck.