First timer getting started

[Jeastwood]

Hello all, I'm kinda new to the site here. I signed up a while ago but never really had anything to talk about till now. BREEDING SEASON IS HERE!! I'm so excited, this is my first time out. I have 2 beautiful normal females, one male mojave and one male pastel. I can't wait to see what happens here. I have a female spider but I'm not sure if she's ready to breed or not. Without a scale is there any other measurement to take to see if she can produce for me this year? I'm not going to push her cause I read some thing about small females becoming egg bound and don't want that to happen to her. She's a little over 2 ft long do you think that's enough? I know I should probably just get a stinking scale right, LOL! Well I just had the one question and wanted to share my excitement with everyone. I can't wait!!

[Kinra]

I would definitely invest in a scale, they are extremely useful for watching weight loss during a fast too.

At 2ft I'm going to guess she's still very young. Size and maturity matter when breeding. If they are still under 1500g and they are 4-5 years old they can probably breed. My two females that I plan to breed this year are over 4ft, 1800g+ and at least 2-3 years old (I don't know the age of the younger one).

Good luck with your breeding season!

[Jeastwood]

Yeah I was planning on getting a scale, just wanted to see if there was any other way to tell. Thanks for the input!

[mdfreak2]

walmart sales scales fairly cheap in the kitchen supplies area

[MidSouthMorphs]

I got my scale at target for $25. Their were some cheaper though.