Incubator questions

[Kitara]

Oh my gosh love, love, love.

 

[cold blood]

My thoughts on why this sac wasn't particularly productive (would love some feedback from experienced breeders, though):

• I think I should have paired the spiders many times over a period of a few days, instead of spacing out the pairings.
• I think I should have identified a warmer place for the female to care for her sac, although at the time I believed I had placed her in a fairly warm location that was convenient to access. Average temps were about 74f, and I think I would have liked her to have slightly warmer temps so the eggs developed at a better rate. I believe the humidity was adequate, but could have increased.
• My male was randy and willing once he matured, but the entire time that I owned him he was a poor feeder, a bad hunter, and not very active. In hindsight, I don't believe that he was an ideal specimen with good genes for breeding.
• The female may possibly be aging out of peak reproductive age.
• I am a noob. I believe I did as much research as I could beforehand and asked for guidance that didn't manifest, but I don't think that preparation and research is any substitute for experience.

1. A female simply needs to pair once...more pairings isn't how you get more viable eggs.

2. 74 is just fine, they just develop a little slower, but its not why not all hatched.

3. How well a male eats has no impact on his viability....he was producing sperm webs, he was good to go, and the 23 you have shows he was viable and not the issue.

4. I doubt that's it, but its possible I suppose.

5. You did fine.

Fact is that this is just part of breeding, sometimes all eggs don't develop, its not something you should be looking at like you did something wrong, or really that anything went wrong.

 

[CommanderBacon]

1. A female simply needs to pair once...more pairings isn't how you get more viable eggs.

2. 74 is just fine, they just develop a little slower, but its not why not all hatched.

3. How well a male eats has no impact on hos viability....he was producing sperm webs, he was good to go, and the 23 yoo havew shows he was viable and not the issue.

4. I doubt that's it, but its possible I suppose.

5. You did fine.

Fact is that this is just part of breeding, sometimes all eggs don't develop, its not something you should be looking at like you did something wrong, or really that anything went wrong.

Thanks for your feedback. I just assume that since I'm new at this, I must have done something wrong to get this result. It's disappointing, but I guess it can't be helped at this point.

The rest of the eggs went bad the other day so I discarded them :/

The babies I've got left seem to be doing well, though. I'll keep one of the big ones and will be giving the rest to my friend to sell on his site.

I do want to try again because I enjoyed the whole process. I've got fresh MF B boehmei, fresh MF A seemanni with access to a fresh male, a fresh MF D pentaloris, and not so fresh MF G pulchra. My guess is that the B boehmei would probably be the easiest of these, but I'll look at options for all of them.

Time to do a write up in the breeding reports!

 

[cold blood]

It's disappointing

You successfully got 23 2i avics on your first breeding try, this should be a source of pride, not disappointment.

. I've got fresh MF B boehmei, fresh MF A seemanni with access to a fresh male,

Keep in mind sac sizes....those two can have really big sacs, just so you are aware.

 

[CommanderBacon]

You successfully got 23 2i avics on your first breeding try, this should be a source of pride, not disappointment.


Keep in mind sac sizes....those two can have really big sacs, just so you are aware.

Yeah, that I am aware of. I would ideally enlist some help, but we'll see if it's even possibly a thing.

I would love to breed D pentaloris but I heard they're chompy.

Do you have any experience breeding any of the above?

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

My friend who has had a lot of success with pokie breeding recently puts about 1-2 inches of vermiculite in the very bottom of the cup and fills with water just up over the vermiculite, seems to work very well.