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When i decide to go Old world, i think big. Sure, most people get a OBT, or something. But I prefer quantity, so I got this.
Okay, here's the real story. I was at the Pet shop i regularly frequent. one of the managers hollered at me "Hey Tim Benzedrine come here a minute. "I ambled over.
Do you know what that is? I looked where he was pointing. Into the H. lividium enclosure.
I did a double take. "You've got a sac there."
Another employee was nearby. He said "You could take it home and try to hatch them..."
I turned to the manager and raised my eyebrows. "He just said "Yeah, go ahead.
So here i am now with a sac of one of the nastier species out there.
It is probably infertile. Apparently it was created fairly recently. I asked how long they had had the spider, and i believe they said about six months. i asked if anybody knew if it had moulted since they received it. not to their knowledge. I asked if they knew if it was WC CB. They had no idea.
I still figure it's viability is about zero percent, but I shrugged and said "Yeah, I'll give it a shot." On the minute chance i have success, I have idea what I'll do with a bunch of aggressive, toxic speed-demons, but I'll cross that bridge when i come to it. It might be a good learning experience. Such as learning not to bring home OW tarantula egg sacs, for example.
Anyway, I just got home with it and while I will do my own research any pointers would be more than welcome. Or should I just splat it with a shoe and be done with it?
Yes, those chips were what it was on in its enclosure. Which means there may just be a bunch of desiccated eggs inside the sac due to lack of proper humidity. And/or infertile of course.
Question one to be dealt with. regarding potential viability. If the spider had in fact mated as a WC, do females retain the sperm for as long as they have had the spider? (Around six months) Is the species ever wild-caught to begin with? The answer to this could halt this before it even starts.
Okay, here's the real story. I was at the Pet shop i regularly frequent. one of the managers hollered at me "Hey Tim Benzedrine come here a minute. "I ambled over.
Do you know what that is? I looked where he was pointing. Into the H. lividium enclosure.
I did a double take. "You've got a sac there."
Another employee was nearby. He said "You could take it home and try to hatch them..."
I turned to the manager and raised my eyebrows. "He just said "Yeah, go ahead.
So here i am now with a sac of one of the nastier species out there.
It is probably infertile. Apparently it was created fairly recently. I asked how long they had had the spider, and i believe they said about six months. i asked if anybody knew if it had moulted since they received it. not to their knowledge. I asked if they knew if it was WC CB. They had no idea.
I still figure it's viability is about zero percent, but I shrugged and said "Yeah, I'll give it a shot." On the minute chance i have success, I have idea what I'll do with a bunch of aggressive, toxic speed-demons, but I'll cross that bridge when i come to it. It might be a good learning experience. Such as learning not to bring home OW tarantula egg sacs, for example.
Anyway, I just got home with it and while I will do my own research any pointers would be more than welcome. Or should I just splat it with a shoe and be done with it?
Yes, those chips were what it was on in its enclosure. Which means there may just be a bunch of desiccated eggs inside the sac due to lack of proper humidity. And/or infertile of course.
Question one to be dealt with. regarding potential viability. If the spider had in fact mated as a WC, do females retain the sperm for as long as they have had the spider? (Around six months) Is the species ever wild-caught to begin with? The answer to this could halt this before it even starts.