Obt pregnancy

[Shortyreptile]

Hi everyone I just want some help or info. Basically I paired my obts about 2 months ago and my female has currently webbed up one whole side of her tank and is just sitting in there. I've tried looking up info on obt pregnancys but I've seen so many different answers I just wanna know stuff like when should I take the egg sac out if she successfully lays an egg sac, and what are the best ways or ideas to incubate them if there eggs or eggs with legs extra. Any help and advice would be perfect thanks

 

[The Spider House]

Hi, welcome to first time posting. Can you clarify what you mean by 'pregnant'? Assume you mean your female had been paired and an insertion clearly observed. Even if that's the case, she may not be gravid (pregnant) anyway. Or does she already have an egg sac? Again, unless you know for certain been paired, it could be a false egg sac. Some pics would help and info about pairing and species etc so we can answer your question properly
I am in England too

 

[Shortyreptile]

Hi, welcome to first time posting. Can you clarify what you mean by 'pregnant'? Assume you mean your female had been paired and an insertion clearly observed. Even if that's the case, she may not be gravid (pregnant) anyway. Or does she already have an egg sac? Again, unless you know for certain been paired, it could be a false egg sac. Some pics would help and info about pairing and species etc so we can answer your question properly
I am in England too

Hi there I mated them in July and i saw the insertion. Shes a obt, she doesn't have a egg sac. But from what I have read that they can take upto a couple months to show signs and how much she has webbed up in the last week and a half. As she's gone from her enclosure being webbed up to one side being completely covered as in u can't even see her from the outside and from the inside its completely covered with no entrances. I'm not sure if she is gravid or not it's my first time mating a tarantula and she's just acting completely different to how she normally is as since she was a juvi she's always been out of her hide acting more like a terrestrial lol. but now she's just covered everything and is sitting in the middle. but I just wanted some information incase she does have a egg sac and what to do with the babies like pulling the egg sac out and incubating extra. I don't think she's molting or in pre molt either as she molted not long before they were mated and when she's molted before she's never closed herself off she's always just turned over in probably every part of her enclosure and molted. Any info I would love as I just want some knowledge in case she does have a egg sac .

 

[The Spider House]

Hi there I mated them in July and i saw the insertion. Shes a obt, she doesn't have a egg sac. But from what I have read that they can take upto a couple months to show signs and how much she has webbed up in the last week and a half. As she's gone from her enclosure being webbed up to one side being completely covered as in u can't even see her from the outside and from the inside its completely covered with no entrances. I'm not sure if she is gravid or not it's my first time mating a tarantula and she's just acting completely different to how she normally is as since she was a juvi she's always been out of her hide acting more like a terrestrial lol. but now she's just covered everything and is sitting in the middle. but I just wanted some information incase she does have a egg sac and what to do with the babies like pulling the egg sac out and incubating extra. I don't think she's molting or in pre molt either as she molted not long before they were mated and when she's molted before she's never closed herself off she's always just turned over in probably every part of her enclosure and molted. Any info I would love as I just want some knowledge in case she does have a egg sac .

All the breeding I have done I have pulled the egg sac from mother at approx day 35 to 42 for final incubation. That's mainly big terrestrial like pampho and Theraphosa but also been successful for arboreals such as avics and Ceribena. I have never paired OBT and suspect mum will be even angrier than normal if you attempt to take the sac from her!
I would be tempted to leave it with her and hope that mum knows best and then be ready to catch mum and round up the little ones when they disperse.
Other members here may have better advice as like I say, not a species I have bred.
The extra webbing and change in behaviour is typical of gravid females so it looking positive.

 

[Shortyreptile]

Ok that's great thanks for your reply it will be nice if it's successful as would love to get some more experience with tarantula mating. I'd love to have that much experience as you have hopefully one day I can get there. Must of been amazing breeding theraphosa species.

 

[The Spider House]

Ok that's great thanks for your reply it will be nice if it's successful as would love to get some more experience with tarantula mating. I'd love to have that much experience as you have hopefully one day I can get there. Must of been amazing breeding theraphosa species.

Yeah, was a goal I set myself as bred other species but Theraphosa are renowned for being g difficult to het a sac from.
It is certainly an experience when you are the only thing that can potentially save a couple of 9inch plus spiders going at each other. Ha ha

 

[Mustafa67]

Hi everyone I just want some help or info. Basically I paired my obts about 2 months ago and my female has currently webbed up one whole side of her tank and is just sitting in there. I've tried looking up info on obt pregnancys but I've seen so many different answers I just wanna know stuff like when should I take the egg sac out if she successfully lays an egg sac, and what are the best ways or ideas to incubate them if there eggs or eggs with legs extra. Any help and advice would be perfect thanks

Search the forum this question is asked often

 

[ladyratri]

Look in the breeding reports section.

 

[Tarantuland]

They do web style sacks, just like most baboons. I’d remove the mom at around 20 days and let the babies hatch on their own but make sure there’s no vent holes they can get out of