Unexpected Egg Sac!

[herrwest]

I purchased a Gramastola rosea from the pet shop about three months ago. Well, for the past week she has been webbing up her cage. The mystery was solved today when i came home to a wrapped up egg sac! This is my first egg sac ever and went ahead and put the sac in an incubator. Her Butt is so small now! Here are before and after pics.

 

[Aurelia]

Awesome! Congrats! I hope the sack is viable! ^_^

 

[Hamburglar]

Congrats on the surprise.. I hope it is fertile... good luck..

 

[J.huff23]

What amazing luck you have! Thats very cool. Good luck with it. Make sure you do your homework on the sac care and all that though!

 

[Thompson08]

good luck hope its fertile

 

[Talkenlate04]

How long did you wait till you took the sac and put it in the incubator? :?

 

[penny'smom]

The post makes it sound like the sac was removed almost immediately.

 

[Talkenlate04]

I agree, I hope that is not the case.

 

[Drachenjager]

me too , if it was i hope they have one of the mechanical mom things that will rotate it for them

 

[herrwest]

I pulled it right away and have it in an incubator where i'm rotating it twice a day. Any advice is welcome.

 

[Talkenlate04]

The female massages the egg sac in a way we have a hard time replicating and that massaging helps the eggs absorb the fluids in the sac including the sperm. This is very important in the first 7-10 days.
By taking it so early you just lowered your chances of being successful by a very large margin.
Good luck though, let us know the outcome.

 

[Talkenlate04]

One more thing, I suggest you do 1/4 turns 6-10 times a day. Two rotations is not enough this early in my opinion.