n00b jumping spider breeding ?’s

[liljumpinspider]

good evening yall
i’ve never posted here before and idk how to work it so bare with me

i also have never bred any animal in my life. i don’t know how all of it works, especially in regards to these little aranchids.

i took in a paraphidippus aurantius female that i thought was a sub adult. in a tale old as time, she was of course a mated adult female and laid eggs a few weeks after being in my care.

i’ve noticed that i never see this species for sale despite people loving how they look. i figured that could be a smart market to get into.

i started with 30/35 babies and am left with 20-25 happy i3/i4 cuties. i’m pretty positive the mother laid another egg sack in the cage i moved her into as well.

i want to sell some in the future, and want to know how to do so ethically.

i have a few specific questions:

1) is it ethical to sell the offspring of a wild caught jumper?

2) is interbreeding a thing? do you need to breed from separate gene pools?

3) what age is the youngest you can safely rehome a spider?

4) i know to ship only via fedex. how do you prepare the packaging? where do you get the boxes with air holes?

thank you all!

 

[SpookySpooder]

1. It's fine so long as the animal in question is not endangered and legally protected and you disclose that fact because some people don't want to support anything WC, but most common species can sustain a loss here and there so ethically it's not really that big of a deal. Like if you remove a cockroach from the woods, or a caterpillar from your bushes, i don't think anybody is gonna bat an eye if you sold a spider you removed from your garden.

2. Yes interbreeding is a thing, it may not have apparent effects in the first few generations but you do not want to be breeding broodmates together. Practice responsible breeding and make sure to cross in new genetics and recross old lines with fresh material.

3. I've been given jumpers as young as 2i/3i. Theoretically you can rehome them as soon as they emerge out of the egg sac, but most people wait a few molts because they do better in shipping when they're bigger.

4. No clue on the shipping process for spiders. I suspect it's similar to reptiles but I've never done it. For reptiles and aquatic animals and plants I've never had trouble just using FedEx or USPS consumer shipping and just regular materials.

 

[jbooth]

Check out Redline shipping.. There are a couple of others too that specialize in critters, can't think of the names right now. Discounts over FedEx retail rates, packaging, and insurance for late/DOA.