Viridasius sp.madagascar Parthogenic?

[Redjunior]

Hello, now.. I have very little experiance with spiders. Mostly scorpions is my main interest. But I have curiosity with spiders and decided to grab a couple t's and a true spider. Love em, will probably get more although I handle scorps, handling spiders still freaks me out.. Haha!

Back to the point. So I got viridasius sp.Madagascar.. very cool spider, I got it (not sure of sex) at about 1.5" from TarantulaCanada, it is about 5" now. Pretty large, and lastnight it started webbing jts enclosure like crazy, a ton of web compared to what I see in YouTube care videos and pics on forums. Today I was switching it into a slightly larger more decorated enclosure and noticed it had hung a decently large egg sack from the roof of the enclosure. I tossed it out thinking it was probably just a dead sack waiting to be fertilized or something while I was cleaning the old enclosure out of corks and rocks. I should have grabbed a picture, but I wasnt thinking. It was deffs an egg sack though. About 1.25 -1.5 inch In size, hanging in the left corner closer to the middle of the enclosure kinda hidden by cork and web. And it is a little smaller today weight wise, wondering if the drop in weight was from the sack?

Has anyone had that before with viridasius? Are they parthogenic?

Any info is appreciated! Thanks fellas!

 

[Redjunior]

Oh, and my spidey is in a 16cup lock lid Tupperware, holes drilled in lid for air and humidity control. Not sure if that effects it. Wanted it to have space, all that speed needs room to run. Haha! Decently active too. Just mentioning incase it has an effect.

 

[BobBarley]

I have not heard of this species being parthenogenetic. However, true spiders, and spiders in general, are known to drop infertile sacs. I'd bet that this is an infertile sac. Try to find a male for her, this means she's ready lol.

 

[Redjunior]

Awesome. Thanks man, lol my inexperience is apparent ey. Haha!

 

[Redjunior]

Here she is in her fresh, clean enclosure. Just chillin. Never though I'd say this...but she interests me more than my scorps. Haha! Soo cool.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Not liking that setup for this species. They like a tall enclosure with cork bark in the middle of it.

 

[Liquifin]

Here she is in her fresh, clean enclosure. Just chillin. Never though I'd say this...but she interests me more than my scorps. Haha! Soo cool.

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That is a poor enclosure for those species. They're arboreal and that enclosure set-up is almost as bad as a clueless petstore shop. Please provide a more suitable ideal home for that girl.

 

[Redjunior]

Not liking that setup for this species. They like a tall enclosure with cork bark in the middle of it.

Oh it's much taller than it looks. But I was debating just putting her in a 10gallon tank for the same purposes. And let her be more of a display animal. The tub shes in she seems to be to okay. Active, eats without issue. The cork on the left is tall enough she can spread out fully on. The leaning piece I leaned over for a more cave style hide if she preferred. Which she did, she spent more time in a web cave under jt than on the larger cork. But you are probably right, I'll switch it up and see if her behavior changes.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Ok.

 

[Liquifin]

Oh it's much taller than it looks. But I was debating just putting her in a 10gallon tank for the same purposes. And let her be more of a display animal. The tub shes in she seems to be to okay. Active, eats without issue. The cork on the left is tall enough she can spread out fully on. The leaning piece I leaned over for a more cave style hide if she preferred. Which she did, she spent more time in a web cave under jt than on the larger cork. But you are probably right, I'll switch it up and see if her behavior changes.

This species is almost strictly arboreal and seeing that picture of yours on the ground is a sign that either the enclosure is too small (not tall enough) or either it's very stressed out. But yes, please move her into something else that is more adequate for her size.

 

[Redjunior]

This species is almost strictly arboreal and seeing that picture of yours on the ground is a sign that either the enclosure is too small (not tall enough) or either it's very stressed out. But yes, please move her into something else that is more adequate for her size.

Shes on the leaf from switching her over. She was sitting on it before I picked it up and placed it in there. That's why shes there. Usually on cork or the lid. But I'll be changing it momentarily. Just getting a 10 gallon cleaned up. I'm new to spiders, so I'll update with new tank layout in a few. hope I get jt right this time.

 

[NYAN]

TC has young males available last I checked. Order one, power feed and breed.

 

[Redjunior]

TC has young males available last I checked. Order one, power feed and breed.

Can a Male and female be housed together? Probably a dumb question, but I've noticed some spiders are more tolerant than others. Would be convenient if so.

 

[Redjunior]

How Is this?
@Ratmosphere

 

[Redjunior]

Switched it up. Added log to tighten it up, and it's got big holes and crevices to climb around through. @Ratmosphere @Liquifin .
Better? Looks better for sure

 

[NYAN]

Can a Male and female be housed together?

Can they, yes. Should you, no. They should not be together period unless both parties are mature.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Second enclosure will work but for a species like this I use tall, cheap plastic enclosures. And don’t house male and females together.

 

[Redjunior]

Well, hopefully all goes well from here.

 

[Redjunior]

Thanks guys! Much needed info. Greatly appreciated.

 

[Liquifin]

Much better enclosure. This will work.