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    Question regarding females behaviour

    Hello all!

    My male spider bred at least 3 times my 3 females since mid december. Few time ago he went in shed and 4 days ago he finally shed and i tryed to put him with one of the females. He immediatly started courting but the female refused him moving fast and "hitting" him with her body when he was starting to "tickle" her with the spurs, after several hours he stopped and coiled in a corner of the cage. The day after i tryed with another female and the reaction was the same. I didn't tryed with the third yet. All the 3 femaled are not showing particular body swelling but they are strangely active at night moving like mad in the cages without stopping and in a quite different way than before. One of the 3 females ate a mouse two days ago (refusing rats) while the other two are totally off food. Cycling period started from mid october.
    Is that any sing they are acting good for to be gravid? Must i insist with the male again and again?

    Thank you

    Flavio

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    Re: Question regarding females behaviour

    Quote Originally Posted by Python2000 View Post
    Hello all!

    My male spider bred at least 3 times my 3 females since mid december. Few time ago he went in shed and 4 days ago he finally shed and i tryed to put him with one of the females. He immediatly started courting but the female refused him moving fast and "hitting" him with her body when he was starting to "tickle" her with the spurs, after several hours he stopped and coiled in a corner of the cage. The day after i tryed with another female and the reaction was the same. I didn't tryed with the third yet. All the 3 femaled are not showing particular body swelling but they are strangely active at night moving like mad in the cages without stopping and in a quite different way than before. One of the 3 females ate a mouse two days ago (refusing rats) while the other two are totally off food. Cycling period started from mid october.
    Is that any sing they are acting good for to be gravid? Must i insist with the male again and again?

    Thank you

    Flavio
    You should just leave him with a female for 3 days and after a couple "no goes" in thier mating then its possible she is gravid.If you picture this she is possibly playing hard to get .They will totaly ignore one another when they are done with each other
    Joe Haggard

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