OBT Communal Experiment

[xhexdx]

Warren,

Do you mind if I post some pics from my communal group on here?

--Joe

 

[BCscorp]

Nice pics Warren
might be something Ill try sometime if it works for you.

 

[Warren Bautista]

Warren,

Do you mind if I post some pics from my communal group on here?

--Joe

No prob, could you just put like "Joe's communal, not Warren's" at the top? lol

 

[xhexdx]

Rofl, np.

Posting shortly.

 

[xhexdx]

Joe's communal, not Warrens! :}

Alright so this is what I have going atm. There are about 100 slings in there somewhere.

Pics:

Video:

[YOUTUBE]ZSaN6zcVHOk[/YOUTUBE]

No, that's not Star Wars in the background!

--Joe

 

[Warren Bautista]

That's way too awesome.

I'm ashamed of myself now.

 

[Warren Bautista]

For some reason I can't stop staring at C3PO. lol

 

[BrynWilliams]

that is a pretty cool little crowd in there! I admire the bravery when it comes to getting them out without losing any

 

[xhexdx]

That's way too awesome.

I'm ashamed of myself now.

Yours looks way better than mine though. Mine was never intended as a long-term communal setup like yours is.

 

[paul fleming]

http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=12759

 

[Warren Bautista]

All still well, I just glanced at one side of the cube and counted 10 there.

Will try to post some more pics soon!

 

[xhexdx]

I have about 30 of mine all at the top of the deli cup for some reason. They all migrated there over the last 24 hours and have webbed up everything. Heh.

 

[upwith inverts!]

Wonder how much OBT sales spiked after this thread?

 

[xhexdx]

No comment.

 

[Merfolk]

A good way to rehouse those I saw here would simply to include the old deli cup in the new enclosure and let them expand from it!!!

 

[xhexdx]

That's not a bad idea. I'm going to have to dig through them this weekend to fill some orders so I might go ahead and set something like that up. We'll see.

 

[xhexdx]

Hey Warren,

My guys have been sticking to the top of their new cube and webbing it all up. Are yours doing the same or are they making use of everything in there?

--Joe

 

[xhexdx]

An update:

The female double-clutched, so I have two communals going right now. Here's the oldest of the two:

The second, and newest, communal. That's the sac hammocked across the cube:

I have seen no evidence of cannibalism, although there is an obvious size difference between slings in the first communal. I can think of three contributing factors to this:

1) The larger specimens are male and are growing faster.
2) Prey items are not being evenly distributed.
3) Cannibalism is taking place.

It wouldn't surprise me if a mixture of the above factors is happening.

In any case, there's my update. Warren, you never did get back to me on my previous post.

--Joe

 

[Redneck]

Wow thats awesome im glad your communal is going go for you.. Cant wait to get me one going..

 

[Sterlingspider]

Oh man, I can not imagine just casually cracking open a cube full of OBTs like that.

I'd be imagining loose spiderlings in every corner for the next month.