Why Higher male to female ratio??

[widowkeeper]

ive always had good luck with females I just count on a 30% female rate when I buy so I get enough to end up with 2 or more. I think that its heat related lots of egg laying animals will go higher males/females just by changing incubation by raising or lowering temps by 2 to 3 as for sexing slings with a good microscope its not hard just be carful opening the molt I like to put them on a wet paper towel in a deil cup for a couple hrs first but to think someone is going through the trouble for any Ts that cost less then a few hundred is laughable as it is I only do it when behavior points to male/female and I want to know if im right i find it best to just get 5 to 10 of any t i want to breed, i have always gotten 2 or more

 

[Poec54]

I think that its heat related lots of egg laying animals will go higher males/females just by changing incubation by raising or lowering temps by 2 to 3

Absolutely not in my decades of keeping tarantulas. Doesn't apply across-the-board in the animal kingdom. Tarantula sex ratios have a lot to do with how far males have to travel to find mates, and far much females are spread out. Number of eggs-per-sac and size of slings are also carefully fine-tuned to conditions and predation in specific habitats. Reptile people soon find out that little of what applies to their animals is relevant to tarantulas. Please don't go starting rumors for things you don't know anything about.

 

[Biollantefan54]

ive always had good luck with females I just count on a 30% female rate when I buy so I get enough to end up with 2 or more. I think that its heat related lots of egg laying animals will go higher males/females just by changing incubation by raising or lowering temps by 2 to 3 as for sexing slings with a good microscope its not hard just be carful opening the molt I like to put them on a wet paper towel in a deil cup for a couple hrs first but to think someone is going through the trouble for any Ts that cost less then a few hundred is laughable as it is I only do it when behavior points to male/female and I want to know if im right i find it best to just get 5 to 10 of any t i want to breed, i have always gotten 2 or more

Doesn't that....only apply to some reptiles?

 

[Poec54]

Doesn't that....only apply to some reptiles?

Yes, not tarantulas.

 

[cold blood]

I thought I was just an alligator thing.:?

 

[Poec54]

I thought I was just an alligator thing.:?

According to Widowkeeper it's common in egg-laying animals. Too bad the poultry industry hasn't found out about this. They wind up with millions of unwanted male chicks every year.

 

[cold blood]

According to Widowkeeper it's common in egg-laying animals. Too bad the poultry industry hasn't found out about this. They wind up with millions of unwanted male chicks every year.

Unwanted?? They taste the same as females....I'd bet Col. Sanders would want them.;P

 

[edgeofthefreak]

Unwanted?? They taste the same as females....I'd bet Col. Sanders would want them.;P

Indeed they do!


I have this package, and I whip it out sometimes for comedic effect.*


*purely punintentional, I assure you

 

[just1moreT]

I must be blessed by the Tarantula God's I ordered 9 different poecs sp.in two's ,had a male and female in all but 2 diff sp. And one group where both lady's ,And all where bought as slings back in 2013 , it was almost a 50/50 for me but not quite

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I guess Vlad the Impaler , prob wouldn't mind such a thing. Seems odd for industry to kill male chickens if they taste the same...
Yeah they should just give them away , or something.

Unwanted?? They taste the same as females....I'd bet Col. Sanders would want them.;P

According to Widowkeeper it's common in egg-laying animals. Too bad the poultry industry hasn't found out about this. They wind up with millions of unwanted male chicks every year.

I wonder how often people end up with mostly males??::

 

[cold blood]

I wonder how often people end up with mostly males??::

Ask viper69 about his luck with slings ending up female:laugh:

 

[Poec54]

Unwanted?? They taste the same as females....I'd bet Col. Sanders would want them.;P

The cost of raising them aren't worth it; there's plenty of females, and they can produce eggs and more chickens. One way or another, many male chicks wind up as animal food.

 

[pyro fiend]

I thought I was just an alligator thing.:?

not sure if your being serious.. but if you are..nope! alligators its very well known [i blame animal planet and discovery] but also we do it for leopard geckos... trust nd beleive most do for fm levels ofcourse, unless they want a marker male! im pretty sure it goes for alot more reptiles then that im just not aware of them off top of my head ^_^