Mating Vid Ques?

[AubZ]

I just watched a vid of two OBT's mating. It was done in a darkish room, but you could still make out what was happening. However the guy shooting the video was using a regular flashlight and shining it directly onto them.

Now is this OK to do or is it more of a distraction to the T's??

 

[P. Novak]

It's definately alright, I've done it before.

 

[AubZ]

But doesn't the direct light distract the T? Whenever I turn on the lights, my T's tend to run and hide. I would imagine a flashlight to be brighter.

 

[P. Novak]

But doesn't the direct light distract the T? Whenever I turn on the lights, my T's tend to run and hide. I would imagine a flashlight to be brighter.

When they are mating, there is no distraction to the male. He knows what he wants. Also the female is put into lets say a kind of trance when the insertions actually start. I would not recommend shining the flashlights at rarer species. Plus, OBTs will breed readily and in almost any conditions.

Where is this video?

 

[Talkenlate04]

I mate most of mine with the lights on and have never had a problem.

 

[AubZ]

Thanks guys for the info. I found it on YouTube. I haven't watch many mating vids, so that's why I thought I'd ask.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lLeLSMPls

 

[P. Novak]

Thanks guys for the info. I found it on YouTube. I haven't watch many mating vids, so that's why I thought I'd ask.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lLeLSMPls

Yea what he was doing is perfectly fine. It's amazing how such a defensive T is pretty calm and acceptive towards mating.

 

[Ice Cold Milk]

the lighting in my room is absolutely horrible, and was worried that the camera wasn't picking anything up (and I wanted the owner of the other spider to be able to see what was going on when he saw the video).

I've never had a problem shining lights or with dim lighting interfering with mating ...and as previous poster stated, OBT's are surprisingly easy to mate; this was the first mating that took place and things went pretty smoothly. What you can't see is that outside it was actually sunny, and my room's so dark I still need a flashlight . As long as I see that the male and female are 'enjoying each other's company', a flashlight doesn't do harm.

-=ICM=-

 

[AubZ]

That's good to know as I thought that it would have been a distraction.