Viridasius phantom sac care

[Edan bandoot]

My Viridasius female just laid her first phantom sac and is looking pretty skinny, what should i do regarding her care?

Should i remove the sac?

Shes looking quite skinny now, should i feed her?

Any general information would be useful, thx

 

[Jonathan6303]

I would remove it
I had a d triton hold on to an egg. I thought she would eat it since she looked skinny and dehydrated so I thought she would eat it for nutrients and it’s really hard to get it out of there fangs. She never ate it and died even though I offered her food and water.

 

[Edan bandoot]

@ForTW do you have any advice, i know you seem to know what you're doing with true spiders.

 

[ForTW]

@ForTW do you have any advice, i know you seem to know what you're doing with true spiders.

It's been a while since i kept and bred viridasius (10 years i guess)....
Anyways, try feeding her. They do fine guarding the sag for 3-4 weeks without food, As skinny as they are. If i remember correctly they take food.

I would leave the sac since they are an extra christmas decoration to it's enclosure

 

[ForTW]

She never ate it and died even though I offered her food and water.

Don't they attach the sac to it's spinnerets as most lycosidae? My ancylometes rufus catched food. A lot! Never had a dolomedes.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Don't they attach the sac to it's spinnerets as most lycosidae? My ancylometes rufus catched food. A lot! Never had a dolomedes.

well they're pisuaridae ( possibly misspelled didnt check) so im pretty sure they anchor it so something.

the only sac ive seen in the wild was anchored to the bottom of a stone, but it may have been a pirata sac, couldnt tell at their stage

 

[ForTW]

the only sac ive seen in the wild was anchored to the bottom of a stone, but it may have been a pirata sac, couldnt tell at their stage

Yeah i just checked, they carry it around with their chelizera, unfortunatly. Those will not eat and i'd remove it. Looks uncomfy, atleast Heteropoda venatoria is smart enough to make a disk .

 

[Jonathan6303]

Don't they attach the sac to it's spinnerets as most lycosidae? My ancylometes rufus catched food. A lot! Never had a dolomedes.

Carry in there chelicerae and they don’t let go