Red widow double Sac !!

Nikye

Arachnopeon
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My red widow layed another sac before I pulled the first one what do I do ?
 

Tbone192

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How is the other egg sac doing? One could possibly be a ghost sac. In the event both are fertilized you have a variety of choices. You could sell, give away, or if you must, dispose of one of the sacs humanely. Or you could start a big enclosure for both and stock it with plenty of food until most of them mature and can be isolated. Idk what the clutch sizes are like for red widows but I know brown widows lay about 130-160 eggs per sac and larger black widows can supposedly lay 300+ eggs per sac. Probably don't want to isolate 80+ viable slings unless you're trying to sell them.
 

Nikye

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How is the other egg sac doing? One could possibly be a ghost sac. In the event both are fertilized you have a variety of choices. You could sell, give away, or if you must, dispose of one of the sacs humanely. Or you could start a big enclosure for both and stock it with plenty of food until most of them mature and can be isolated. Idk what the clutch sizes are like for red widows but I know brown widows lay about 130-160 eggs per sac and larger black widows can supposedly lay 300+ eggs per sac. Probably don't want to isolate 80+ viable slings unless you're trying to sell them.
I do want to keep as many as possible my intentions are to sell them but my main question was should I pull the old egg sac or Just wait til I pull the other one
 

Tarantuland

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leave them both or pull them both or remove mom. If you let them hatch in there cover the holes with micropore tape. Those babies are smallllll
 
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