Trenor
Arachnoprince
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My girl molted about 2 months or so ago. I was able to confirm from the molt that she was mature and got a second opinion (thanks @cold blood). When I saw @Sana had a MM for sale I decided to take the breeding plunge.
He got here nice and healthy last Thursday. I housed him up beside my female (who I have been feeding heavily) that night. I didn't notice anything Friday or Saturday but Sunday night he was tapping. My female P.fasciata was out and two other mature females were out as well. I didn't put him in then planning to wait till the weekend so I'd have time to watch over him longer the night he went in and be on hand to get him out the next morning.
Monday, I found a fresh sperm web he had made and that night they were both drumming so much I decided to go ahead and put him in. He worked his way around to the wall near her hide and tapped till she started to come out. He was tapping while slowly backing up to let her out. She was tapping and bobbing. At one point she sped up too quickly for his liking. He dropped down the side then zipped over to a corner away from her. After a bit, he started tapping again and she responded. He was working his way back over to her when I had to get some sleep before work, so I left them to it.
The next morning he was spread out over in the corner away from her hide. She was down in her hide stretched out like she normally does. Both of them showed no signs that they knew each other existed. Which is wild after all the ruckus they were making the night before. I'm taking this as a good sign that they got the job done.
I moved him back into his enclosure beside her. I'll watch them in the coming weeks. If they show signs that they are interested in each other again I'll try another pairing. From the way they are acting though I think they are good and it wont be needed.
I'm pretty excited at how everything went and I can't wait to see if she drops a sack.
Below are just a few phone photos I grabbed since starting this project. I didn't take any last night while he was in since the lights were out and I was pretty nervous about the whole deal.
My girl:
MM:
Leftovers from his sperm web:
He got here nice and healthy last Thursday. I housed him up beside my female (who I have been feeding heavily) that night. I didn't notice anything Friday or Saturday but Sunday night he was tapping. My female P.fasciata was out and two other mature females were out as well. I didn't put him in then planning to wait till the weekend so I'd have time to watch over him longer the night he went in and be on hand to get him out the next morning.
Monday, I found a fresh sperm web he had made and that night they were both drumming so much I decided to go ahead and put him in. He worked his way around to the wall near her hide and tapped till she started to come out. He was tapping while slowly backing up to let her out. She was tapping and bobbing. At one point she sped up too quickly for his liking. He dropped down the side then zipped over to a corner away from her. After a bit, he started tapping again and she responded. He was working his way back over to her when I had to get some sleep before work, so I left them to it.
The next morning he was spread out over in the corner away from her hide. She was down in her hide stretched out like she normally does. Both of them showed no signs that they knew each other existed. Which is wild after all the ruckus they were making the night before. I'm taking this as a good sign that they got the job done.
I moved him back into his enclosure beside her. I'll watch them in the coming weeks. If they show signs that they are interested in each other again I'll try another pairing. From the way they are acting though I think they are good and it wont be needed.
I'm pretty excited at how everything went and I can't wait to see if she drops a sack.
Below are just a few phone photos I grabbed since starting this project. I didn't take any last night while he was in since the lights were out and I was pretty nervous about the whole deal.
My girl:
MM:
Leftovers from his sperm web:
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