Tailess Whipscorp w/ eggs

[Brian S]

My female Tailess Whipscorp has eggs. May not show up well in this pic but believe me they are there.

Another pic of Mom

Here is the Daddy

 

[OldHag]

AAAWWWWW BRIAN!!!!!!!!! I WANT SOME!! Ive always threatened to get some.. If you sell the babies maybe... MAYBE I would trade you some sowbugs... maybe, you know, the ones that are defective... not my good ones of course..

Congrats!! Thats really cool!

 

[Brian S]

Thanks Hag (I think)

I'll let ya know when they hatch out. I dont have a clue about how many they have or if they are even easy to raise LOL

 

[Goliath]

Great job Brian! Hope to hear little feet running around soon!
Mike

 

[G. Carnell]

thats one of the evil-est looking things ive seen

 

[Brian S]

Great job Brian! Hope to hear little feet running around soon!
Mike

Mike, Do I need to separate the young?
Also, do they need to be kept very humid? Sorry for the silly questions but I just want do this right

 

[Goliath]

Hey Brian,
A couple days before the young will hatch the egg ouch will start to swell, this is the latest you should remove her to her own tank or move the male out, whichever is easier. Once the babies hatch they will ride on the mom's back for about 10-14 days and thenm molt out. Once they have molted remove the mom from the enclosure. You can keep the babies together for at least the first couple molts, then you should seperate them to eliminate the risk of cannibalism. I would keep the babies moist and humid, it tends to make it much easier for them to molt. At this size they can dessicate very quickly during a molt and with humidity fluctuations the whips can get stuck in the molt. They are pigs once they start to feed, mine took 1/8 to 3/8 inch crickets from the start. Also give them a good size piece of cork as they will all start to make their consecutive molts about the same time and they will need some room when they spread out.
Hope this helps and anything else you need just let me know,
Mike

 

[boidaddic]

Put me on the list if you are selling some. Congrats!
Regards,
Eric Weintraub

 

[Brian S]

@Mike- Thanks for the info Bro!!!! I really do appreciate it. I am moving the male out right about ........now

@boidaddic-I plan to keep several for breeding stock but if I have extras I would be willing to trade for scorpion species I dont have or other odd ball arachnids or even asssasin bugs

 

[Goliath]

No problem Brian, congradulations on the eggs again! I am glad to see more of these being bred in captivity. Now see if you can get another female and put her in with the male while the other has the eggs, more than likely she will have eggs soon too. Expect anywhere between 25-45 babies, my friend has 34 right now from his clutch and I have 40 from mine, with another female with eggs on the way. After breeding she will molt before she can breed again, but that will happen in the couple months after the eggs have hatched.
Mike

 

[bistrobob85]

Wow now that female really IS HUGE!!!! How often did you feed her during the mating season?!?!

phil.

 

[Brian S]

No problem Brian, congradulations on the eggs again! I am glad to see more of these being bred in captivity. Now see if you can get another female and put her in with the male while the other has the eggs, more than likely she will have eggs soon too. Expect anywhere between 25-45 babies, my friend has 34 right now from his clutch and I have 40 from mine, with another female with eggs on the way. After breeding she will molt before she can breed again, but that will happen in the couple months after the eggs have hatched.
Mike

Thanks again Bro, You are a big help!!! I knew you could lead me in the right direction on these

 

[Snipes]

Awsome, I have always wanted some of those. Let us know when you have lil ones running around

 

[Brian S]

Wow now that female really IS HUGE!!!! How often did you feed her during the mating season?!?!

phil.

I fed 3-4 crickets a week with both male and female cohabitating together. Sometimes all the crickets would be gone over night and sometimes it would take 3 or 4 days before they would decide to feed. They dont seem to pig out as much as a tarantula or some scorps.

 

[Brian S]

Awsome, I have always wanted some of those. Let us know when you have lil ones running around

I shall keep you all updated on this for sure

 

[Goliath]

Thanks again Bro, You are a big help!!! I knew you could lead me in the right direction on these

No problem, always glad to help. I will post some pictures of mine when I get my camera back.
Mike

 

[aggie08]

That is pretty wicked looking.