unexpected A Avic. sac!!!

[Mr Ed]

Well here's a surprise I wasn't expecting. I bought this T about a month ago at a pet store. The thought of her dropping a sac was the farthest thing from my mind. Well I checked on her earlier and found this...

 

[xgrafcorex]

same thing

happened to me with a g rosea i bought..had her for about 3 months or so and suddenly she sealed off her hide..thought she was molting..didnt know it was a she then either...to my surprise i found a puddle of yellow/clear liquid and eggs which she wrapped up into a sac...however she has since left the hide and the sac is completly covered in substrate so that i cant see it ...or she ate it..but i see no remains...it was almost completely covered up last time i saw her sitting on it. thinking about opening the hide and trying to find the sac or discover nothing is there

 

[Crimsonpanther]

WOW , thats a nice surprize...defiantly got your money worth eh !
Congrtas on the sac , hope everything goes well !

 

[MindUtopia]

Awesome! Congrats and good luck with the sac!

 

[rosehaired1979]

Good luck w/the sac if shes wild caught there is a chance that sac is fertile

 

[aaronrefalo]

i know what you are feeling...i had the same thing with a female P.chordatus... she sealed her self for about 2 months i thought of a moult but no she gave me a sac!!....goodluck!!

Aaron

 

[KJE]

Man, some people have all the luck! Congrats! I hope it's a fertile sac and you get many little ones from it. I sent my only A. avic away on breeding loan in June and we still don't have a sac yet. Maybe someday.

 

[ChrisNCT]

Nice one Ed!

 

[Mr Ed]

I don't suppose anyone knows the gestation period of an A Avic. off the top of their heads. I knwo that 50-60 days is ball park but does anyone have any closer guesstimates?

 

[SilentMercury]

I had an A. Avic sac about 8 months ago. I waited exactly 52 days and peeked in the sac to see if they were ready to come out, and they were. Hope it helps. Easy to raise.

 

[ChrisNCT]

I have seen Avicularia sp. get to the post-embreyo stage which is the Eggs with legs stage at 28 days or so. 50 days should be good for 1st or 2nd instar.

 

[Mr Ed]

thanks, I appreciate it. Hopefully she won't eat the sac. I din't really want to try breeding, and all that, but now that a sac was dropped I guess my hand has been forced. Oh well, we'll see how this goes.

 

[rosehaired1979]

Normally Avics make good moms so they normally don't eat the sac unless they know its not fertile. Good luck

 

[PinkLady]

Well isn't that a nice surprise...good luck with the sac!

 

[matty J]

WOW is that ever nice looking. I'm excited for you guys!!!!!!

 

[Mr Ed]

here's a few pics of my avic set up. Of all the places she could web she went to the bottom, go figure.

 

[Mr Ed]

here's a few more pics of the sac. I think it may be growing. I'm probably going to pull it around the 20th I'm off that weekend and that should be around 30 days, give or take.

 

[Mr Ed]

Well I took the sac today, opened it up and the eggs were all dried out and stuck together Oh well, maybe next time.

 

[ChrisNCT]

Awe Ed!!!! Sorry to hear!

 

[KJE]

Awww, bummer. Sorry to hear that.