When do you know if a sack is bad?

[Sean]

Originally posted by tarantulakeeper
Dr zumm is exactly right. I forgot the cardinal rule of sharing experiences to preface mine with "in my experience". I can reflect only on what my T has done and should not have generalized. Both breedings I've had with this female were in the same room so the temp was the same for both which probably accounts for the similar emerging dates.

I was surprised to find babies this time because she dropped an eggsac in July from a breeding I did with a male from John Hoke. I split them up, sent John his share, gave a few away, sold a few, and still have a few. I cleaned out her kritter keeper of all substrate, washed down the walls and put her back. After two weeks or so of not much going on she re-established a web retreat under her cork bark hide. As they are pretty webby anyway and she's a long term captive I pretty much ignore her except for water and a roach or two. I was showing off some other babies (Chacos) to my wife (Helen) when my light settled on her container. There's 12-15 tan colored babies starting to work their way
around the webbing. Could be more, can't tell yet.

I have heard of two sets of spiderlings from one breeding but wasn't expecting it.

Keep us informed, Sean.

John

Well John,

She is still sitting on it, i just looked in there and shes sitting on top of it.I have her in a big round plastic container and she made an under ground cave type thing on the side its webbed up pretty good so i cant get a great look in there but i can see the sack and i can see her sitting on it. It seems like during the day she clutches it tightly. But during the night she just sits on top and dosent grip so much. I havent really seen her doing any rollling or anything but then again i havent really seen her just legs and once the abdomen. The sack seems like it had gotten alittle bigger a few days ago then it was before, but maybe she might of moved it into a diffrent position or something. Ill reply back if anything else happens...Your chacos finally hatched out???


Sean