Poecilotheria metallica breeding

TalonAWD

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Well I finally pulled the trigger on breeding my P. metallica. This is my first attempt and I went with trying to breed one of my girls in her home, which is Enclosure Creations #15. I wanted to see if the size of the enclosure makes any difference in the matter.

I was always a beleiver in that mating occurs best in the females domain. Thats just my opinion. So I did not try any shark tank methods. Just tossed him in.

My female has always liked one spot in the enclosure and when I saw her there, I introduced male. I call him "Pinky" He is very defensive and never hesitates to withdraw his fangs. So I was really nervous. Got him in and this is what happened...

[YOUTUBE]BmstCLnv7mY[/YOUTUBE]

 

2oCHEVYo0

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Awsome vid man! I call the first slings ;) (that is if it was an insertion, and everything goes accordingly) Hope everything works out for ya!
 

TalonAWD

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Yeah hoping for the best. I still have another set to try.
 

TalonAWD

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Congrats Steve! Hope all goes well..
Thanks..Never bred an arboreal let alone one with no mating hooks so its all new to me. Hopefully he dropped a load. She (female) sure looked like she may have gotten satisfied.
She enclosed herself in her tube hide and webbed the entrance shut.
 

fatich

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Good luck,hope you can get healthy spiderlings ;)
 

Redneck

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Thanks..Never bred an arboreal let alone one with no mating hooks so its all new to me. Hopefully he dropped a load. She (female) sure looked like she may have gotten satisfied.
She enclosed herself in her tube hide and webbed the entrance shut.
It look like he got one in her.. I have only bred the A. avicularia.. Well, they are the only one I have had a sucessful sac from so far.. The way she walked off is the way my A. avic. looked when he got an insert.. So.. At this point.. All I can say is good luck! LoL!
 

TalonAWD

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She still locks herself in her domain. Occasionally she comes out but so far she stopped eating. I have not been snooping on her lately due to other projects.
But nothing yet.
 

Kungfujoe

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Yeah awesome vid and what are your plans to make the female drop? I have red many threads on here about getting them to drop but update us when it happens.
 

advan

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Yeah awesome vid and what are your plans to make the female drop? I have red many threads on here about getting them to drop but update us when it happens.
Check the dates. I believe this female was up for sale recently. ;)
 
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