What happends to the egg sack after the babies hatch?

[JumpingSimon]

As som of you might have read, my jumpers egg sack resulted in 10+ babies.
They haven’t entirely made their way out from the webbing yet.
The part of the sack where the eggs was sitting before they hatched, has started to change its colour. First it looked healthy with a dark grey or black colour, but today most of it has turned brown and is starting to look “liquid-ish”. It looks like it contains melted chocolate to put it nice.
My guess is that most of the eggs was unfertilised while a few others were good. But what do I do with it? Does the mom take care of it or should I remove the entire nest after the babies are re-housed?

 

[Nicole C G]

As som of you might have read, my jumpers egg sack resulted in 10+ babies.
They haven’t entirely made their way out from the webbing yet.
The part of the sack where the eggs was sitting before they hatched, has started to change its colour. First it looked healthy with a dark grey or black colour, but today most of it has turned brown and is starting to look “liquid-ish”. It looks like it contains melted chocolate to put it nice.
My guess is that most of the eggs was unfertilised while a few others were good. But what do I do with it? Does the mom take care of it or should I remove the entire nest after the babies are re-housed?

Good question. One of which I’m uncertain. You could try cleaning it out with a cotton swab if you don’t want to remove it.

(Also, Can I see pictures of the babies? I’ve been waiting to see them!! )

 

[JumpingSimon]

Good question. One of which I’m uncertain. You could try cleaning it out with a cotton swab if you don’t want to remove it.

(Also, Can I see pictures of the babies? I’ve been waiting to see them!! )

Ooooh sounds like a nasty job
And sure I will post a picture of the babies when they get out of the nest. They are really hard to see at the moment. I took a picture the other day where you can probably see a few of them.

 

[JumpingSimon]

Good question. One of which I’m uncertain. You could try cleaning it out with a cotton swab if you don’t want to remove it.

(Also, Can I see pictures of the babies? I’ve been waiting to see them!! )

I just recorded a time-lapse video of the nest to see what was going on in the brown area.… It is CRAWLING with mites and I don’t see any of the babies move in these 5-10 minutes i recorded.
I don‘t know what to do. Should I just let the mites finish eating the egg sack and then die from hunger? Or should I rehouse the mom and clean out the entire enclosure?

I feel like starting up an enclosure without substrate. Makes it easier to keep clean and the spider doesn’t walk around on the ground anyway.

Damn it’s sad.

 

[Nicole C G]

I just recorded a time-lapse video of the nest to see what was going on in the brown area.… It is CRAWLING with mites and I don’t see any of the babies move in these 5-10 minutes i recorded.
I don‘t know what to do. Should I just let the mites finish eating the egg sack and then die from hunger? Or should I rehouse the mom and clean out the entire enclosure?

I feel like starting up an enclosure without substrate. Makes it easier to keep clean and the spider doesn’t walk around on the ground anyway.

i would say rehouse her as soon as possible. Open up the sack in a place where none of the mites will escape and check if any of the babies are alive in there, (I think I saw some move a little) put the babies in their individual containers as gently as you can, then scoop out the nest and light it on fire!!! Okay probably don’t light it on fire, but dispose of it to where they can’t escape. I’m guessing they aren’t spider-eating mites, and guessing they are probably just eating the infertile eggs. Have you seen them on her?

(Please note I’m no professional on mites. This is just what I would do personally.)

 

[JumpingSimon]

i would say rehouse her as soon as possible. Open up the sack in a place where none of the mites will escape and check if any of the babies are alive in there, (I think I saw some move a little) put the babies in their individual containers as gently as you can, then scoop out the nest and light it on fire!!! Okay probably don’t light it on fire, but dispose of it to where they can’t escape. I’m guessing they aren’t spider-eating mites, and guessing they are probably just eating the infertile eggs. Have you seen them on her?

(Please note I’m no professional on mites. This is just what I would do personally.)

No they doesn’t seem to be sitting on her.
I‘m going to rehouse her now and then save as many babies as I can. I‘m then gonna place the enclosure in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer over night and then I suppose it’s easier to handle the nest without mites getting everywhere since they will be dead.

 

[Nicole C G]

No they doesn’t seem to be sitting on her.
I‘m going to rehouse her now and then save as many babies as I can. I‘m then gonna place the enclosure in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer over night and then I suppose it’s easier to handle the nest without mites getting everywhere since they will be dead.

That’s a great idea!

 

[JumpingSimon]

That’s a great idea!

I only managed to save 3 babies. I hope they will survive. They are still holding tight to the little piece of webbing that they were sitting in when I cut them loose. I guess they weren’t really ready to leave the nest but hopefully they will make it.
No doubt it was very stressful for spider mom. But it looks like she is a bit more calmer now. The enclosure is in the freezer and is being cleaned tomorrow so she can move back in asap.

 

[Nicole C G]

I only managed to save 3 babies. I hope they will survive. They are still holding tight to the little piece of webbing that they were sitting in when I cut them loose. I guess they weren’t really ready to leave the nest but hopefully they will make it.
No doubt it was very stressful for spider mom. But it looks like she is a bit more calmer now. The enclosure is in the freezer and is being cleaned tomorrow so she can move back in asap.
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Poor little guys. I hope they survive! Don’t feel bad though, you’re still giving them a better chance of survival than in the wild! If spiders could feel emotions, they would feel very happy that you’re giving them a chance!