QUESTIONS on Breeding P. cancerides...

[WYSIWYG]

Hi guys and gals,

I just had a couple questions on breeding P. cancerides. I just had a male shipped in to be bred to my female. He also has another "date" lined up after he finishes doing his business with her (IF he survives)....

I know different species do things differently so I'm wondering how likely he will survive a supervised breeding to make it to the next female? Also, what is actually better for a P. cancerides - Supervised breeding or co-habitation?

One last question, how fresh does his sperm need to be to impregnate a female? His last sperm web was made about 10 days ago. Is that fresh enough or should I wait for him to build another one before putting him in with the female?

Wysi

 

[Poecilotheria]

Hi, his sperm is fine, do a supervised mating. These are very agressive and most likely wouldn't tolerate each other for long, so i'd say asupervised breeding. BTW, I have a huge fat female too .
Steve

 

[WYSIWYG]

HEY POKEY (Steve), Clean Out Your PMs!

Originally posted by Poecilotheria
Hi, his sperm is fine, do a supervised mating. These are very agressive and most likely wouldn't tolerate each other for long, so i'd say asupervised breeding. BTW, I have a huge fat female too .
Steve

Hey kiddo, you need to clean out your PM box. I tried to PM you.

Wysi

 

[Sean]

when do you plan on putting them together? should be intesting

 

[crash769]

Thats my boy :-] Hope he dosnt become a harty meal!

 

[Poecilotheria]

Ok, I deleted the pm's.
Steve

P.S. If it dosen't work my e-mail is uchat101@hotmail.com

 

[WYSIWYG]

Originally posted by Sean
when do you plan on putting them together? should be intesting

Probably some time next week. I want to be sure to have it done before August 9th so I can give it to Darrin at the spider party. You're coming, aren't you?

If you want, maybe you can come over to witness the event. You might even be able to help me catch him again now that I know he can climb bathroom walls. (I should start another thread on the story though if most people read the ATS mail list, they'll already have seen it).

Wysi

P.S. Yep, it's Crash's boy. Hey Crash, where were those cool pix you had posted? Maybe you can repost them here so we all can enjoy them again (especially me)? I'll try to get some pix of him while he's here, but I really suck with a digital camera. Ours doesn't focus right away and you have to wait and wait and wait....

 

[WYSIWYG]

Originally posted by Poecilotheria
Ok, I deleted the pm's.

I tried again and it was full again so I emailed you. Just so you know, if you are saving copies of what you sent, that's why it's full again. They count against your inbox. (I found this out a couple days ago when I asked Scott why my inbox was full when it only had 3 PMs in it).

Wysi

 

[Sean]

Originally posted by WYSIWYG
Probably some time next week. I want to be sure to have it done before August 9th so I can give it to Darrin at the spider party. You're coming, aren't you?

If you want, maybe you can come over to witness the event. You might even be able to help me catch him again now that I know he can climb bathroom walls. (I should start another thread on the story though if most people read the ATS mail list, they'll already have seen it).

Wysi

yup im definatly coming,i dont think i can make it to your house, mesa is kinda far:8o

 

[crash769]

Here are some pics of the big boy.

 

[crash769]

one with him not so mad at me. and a fresh molt at that!

 

[Sean]

Originally posted by crash769
one with him not so mad at me. and a fresh molt at that!

wow he looks pretty big, how large is he?

 

[crash769]

8 in

 

[WYSIWYG]

Originally posted by crash769
8 in

Trust me, she's not exaggerating.

Wysi

 

[Sean]

Originally posted by crash769
8 in

damn males get pretty large dont they with this spieces

 

[crash769]

yess they do here is the b4 pic.