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Okay, so this is the deal: In May we paired our A. genics. On Sept 22 she laid a sac, but didn't seal it properly and all the eggs spilled out (me=not impressed). However, she was still really fat afterwards considering she had just laid a sac, and she's not getting any thinner even though she has only eaten once since laying the sac (we didn't take the sac from her until Oct 6). Here are some pictures of her after her first meal after laying the sac (the meal wasn't that big, it was a newborn pinkie and it barely put any weight on her):
Also, we tried again to pair her with two different MMs after we took these pictures and fed her a bit more. The first male did nothing. The second male twitched and she didn't respond at all for the hour he was in there. The first time we mated her, she responded immediately to the male and she was very intense about it. So, we took the male out and tried the following day. She tried to eat him. Luckily we had a deli cup on top of him to see if he would twitch or tap and that stopped her, but she certainly went for it and would have had the deli cup not been there.
So, my question is: do you guys think she's going to double clutch? she's still so fat for having just laid eggs, and we only fed her once since laying the sac. She also is not interested in males. She molted in April, so she might be too far in her molt cycle but I would think she'd still be responsive. Also, like I've mentioned, she's huge. And her current weight/abdomen shape is exactly like it was before she laid her sac. Here's a picture of her two days before she laid her first sac:
Just want some opinions as I would be very happy if she laid another sac considering how she screwed up the first one.
Thanks
Cassandra
Also, we tried again to pair her with two different MMs after we took these pictures and fed her a bit more. The first male did nothing. The second male twitched and she didn't respond at all for the hour he was in there. The first time we mated her, she responded immediately to the male and she was very intense about it. So, we took the male out and tried the following day. She tried to eat him. Luckily we had a deli cup on top of him to see if he would twitch or tap and that stopped her, but she certainly went for it and would have had the deli cup not been there.
So, my question is: do you guys think she's going to double clutch? she's still so fat for having just laid eggs, and we only fed her once since laying the sac. She also is not interested in males. She molted in April, so she might be too far in her molt cycle but I would think she'd still be responsive. Also, like I've mentioned, she's huge. And her current weight/abdomen shape is exactly like it was before she laid her sac. Here's a picture of her two days before she laid her first sac:
Just want some opinions as I would be very happy if she laid another sac considering how she screwed up the first one.
Thanks
Cassandra