I put my old pair of Damon diadema together about a month ago and I noticed she has been getting a little plump and holding her abdomen up off the cork so I have my fingers crossed. The problem is her last batch of eggs never hatched and she hadn't molted since (its been over a year) so the flap of skin that was covering her old batch is still hanging on and I can't get a good look underneath to see if she is carrying or not.
The good news is I put a younger pair together a few days ago and found a spermatophore this morning. I have two more females to pair up and I'm wondering if I should pair them with the younger male (their sibling) or the older male (their father) Maybe I'll try one of each but the father is almost twice their size so I am a little nervous to put them together. The father has been great giving me 4 batches of babies over the last 3 years or so with 2 different females. This will be the first mating for the young ones. I'm guessingthe best thing to do would be to separate them (obviously) and give the male a couple of weeks to build up his "stamina" if you will before introducing him to the next female.
I was wondering if they were old enough but I think I read in Orin's first book that the males usually won't produce the spermatophore if the females are not receptive and and they won't be receptive if they are not ready to mate so I have my fingers crossed.
The good news is I put a younger pair together a few days ago and found a spermatophore this morning. I have two more females to pair up and I'm wondering if I should pair them with the younger male (their sibling) or the older male (their father) Maybe I'll try one of each but the father is almost twice their size so I am a little nervous to put them together. The father has been great giving me 4 batches of babies over the last 3 years or so with 2 different females. This will be the first mating for the young ones. I'm guessingthe best thing to do would be to separate them (obviously) and give the male a couple of weeks to build up his "stamina" if you will before introducing him to the next female.
I was wondering if they were old enough but I think I read in Orin's first book that the males usually won't produce the spermatophore if the females are not receptive and and they won't be receptive if they are not ready to mate so I have my fingers crossed.