Poecilotheria metallica breeding

[fishtail]

Hello guys, I've got a 16cm metallica female and want to try some breeding. However, my friend suggested that I don't because the female tends to die all of a sudden after they mate. He lost two females due to this, I don't know if this is true or are there any things that can be done to prevent this? thanks

 

[viper69]

Not true

 

[fishtail]

thanks, are there any other difficulties consulting the breeding of this species? because the prices are still quite high

 

[Mustafa67]

thanks, are there any other difficulties consulting the breeding of this species? because the prices are still quite high

Check out breeding reports section

 

[Kada]

I keep them, haven't bred them myself yet. But everyone I have talked to says environmental triggers are needed. It's not as simple as a male and female being together. The female may need a wet dry, hot cold season to trigger her dropping eggs.

I'm not experienced to comment more than that, but you can search those points and read loads

 

[viper69]

thanks, are there any other difficulties consulting the breeding of this species? because the prices are still quite high

Yes

 

[Brewser]

Do The Hokey Pokey - (as in Poecilotheria)

Search High and Low

Research and Read Some Mo.



"Thats what it's all about"

 

[OldFlash]

Hello guys, I've got a 16cm metallica female and want to try some breeding. However, my friend suggested that I don't because the female tends to die all of a sudden after they mate. He lost two females due to this, I don't know if this is true or are there any things that can be done to prevent this? thanks

I’ve had interesting conversations about this with a few friends/keepers of mine not too long ago. One of them is a firm believer that the process their organism go through after breeding can, in fact, be so hard on some females that it ends up killing them.
Now, of course there are thousands of factors to be discussed, observed and researched to be able to see if there’s something to his theory.

No doubt breeding affects their organism in many ways, and not just a little bit, and I imagine a not so healthy female having all sorts of issues if put through this process. But, in this case, breeding wouldn’t be the cause of death, you know what I mean?

Anyways, I just wanted to share that I had more than one conversation on this topic a few days ago. What a coincidence.

 

[Matt Man]

thanks, are there any other difficulties consulting the breeding of this species? because the prices are still quite high

well I'd consider the medical attention one may need if they get bit trying to separate them as "one of the difficulties"
Have you bred tarantulas before?
If the answer is "No" then start with an easier species.
"I haven't tried driving before so I think I'll start with an F-1 car, any issues I should be concerned about?"

 

[Kada]

If getting bit is a worry, there is something to be said for front opening sliding glass enclosures.

 

[jrh3]

One of them is a firm believer that the process their organism go through after breeding can, in fact, be so hard on some females that it ends up killing them.

They are designed to reproduce. Thats why they have sexual organs. If anything it would not be the one carrying the eggs that will carry on the next generation die, it would be the male. This has worked for how ever many years they have existed.
If a female dies after breeding she had a underlying issue or a deformity that was’t seen.

 

[Smotzer]

If a female dies after breeding she had a underlying issue or a deformity that was’t seen.

Or I’d also add, possibly kept in a suboptimal environment/bad practices leading to premature death.

When reading the OPs story about how multiple adult females have died under that persons care, that immediately peaked my red-flag detection system. Something about their care I’d wager is the likely cause of the death.

 

[OldFlash]

They are designed to reproduce. Thats why they have sexual organs. If anything it would not be the one carrying the eggs that will carry on the next generation die, it would be the male. This has worked for how ever many years they have existed.
If a female dies after breeding she had a underlying issue or a deformity that was’t seen.

I was gonna reply back but @Smotzer nailed it

Or I’d also add, possibly kept in a suboptimal environment/bad practices leading to premature death.

They are designed to reproduce, no questions about that. But I believe you meant in nature, not in tanks, right?
No wonder we still struggle to breed some species. Till this day.

I can’t say breeding is the cause of some female’s death, as I never did.

But I can’t say it isn’t either.