SereneSerenity
Arachnopeon
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- Aug 17, 2023
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Hi!
I have recently (since June 31st!) been keeping a fully mature female P. Californicus (she was a hard one to identify, very unusual markings!) and I have been using this forum to for like 99% of all my questions, in August (17th) she laid eggs which was an unexpected surprise, I was definitely not prepared to have spiderlings along with a brand new type of creature as a pet! The slings have as of October 11th entirely left the nest, I considered this their birthday, haha.
I have been relocating them as I can from between the enclosure and the pantyhose (once again a nod to this forum for all the advice) I did try to harass her out of the nest to entirely relocate her as I had seen recommended here, but she is apparently incredibly stubborn and refused *absolutely* REFUSED to leave the nest, I'm not sure if that's a P. Californicus trait considering I don't think many people have kept them, there is very little information on the pet variety of P. Californicus online or even here. It's concerning to me because I've read here that she'd leave the nest after they hatch and may need food in short order. There are no babies remaining in the nest over 13 days later yet she still remains in the nest, yes she's alive I check her once a day along with giving her and the remaining babies in the enclosure a misting of water and she's moved around every time I check, sometimes sideways, upside down, etc.
I did make sure she had little prey bugs to eat the entire time she was sitting on her eggs so the situation isn't dire, but she's still staying inside the nest after all the babies have left it and it's been nearly two weeks since they started to move around on their own, I'm not sure if I need to intervene or not so I'm coming here to ask advice from all of you.
Unfortunately, unlike regals there is so little information on P. Californicus that I can't just google to solve this.
I have recently (since June 31st!) been keeping a fully mature female P. Californicus (she was a hard one to identify, very unusual markings!) and I have been using this forum to for like 99% of all my questions, in August (17th) she laid eggs which was an unexpected surprise, I was definitely not prepared to have spiderlings along with a brand new type of creature as a pet! The slings have as of October 11th entirely left the nest, I considered this their birthday, haha.
I have been relocating them as I can from between the enclosure and the pantyhose (once again a nod to this forum for all the advice) I did try to harass her out of the nest to entirely relocate her as I had seen recommended here, but she is apparently incredibly stubborn and refused *absolutely* REFUSED to leave the nest, I'm not sure if that's a P. Californicus trait considering I don't think many people have kept them, there is very little information on the pet variety of P. Californicus online or even here. It's concerning to me because I've read here that she'd leave the nest after they hatch and may need food in short order. There are no babies remaining in the nest over 13 days later yet she still remains in the nest, yes she's alive I check her once a day along with giving her and the remaining babies in the enclosure a misting of water and she's moved around every time I check, sometimes sideways, upside down, etc.
I did make sure she had little prey bugs to eat the entire time she was sitting on her eggs so the situation isn't dire, but she's still staying inside the nest after all the babies have left it and it's been nearly two weeks since they started to move around on their own, I'm not sure if I need to intervene or not so I'm coming here to ask advice from all of you.
Unfortunately, unlike regals there is so little information on P. Californicus that I can't just google to solve this.
