Can my female still have eggs?

My female normal was a great eater until i started breeding. I started in october and never really witnessed a lock with my male spider but she now is still off feed. She hasn't been with the male for a while. Is it possible she is gravid? This is my first year and frist time breeding. Any way to tell? Will she go back on feed? She was probable my best eater until I started breeding. She seems interested but will not strike at frozen prekilled or live. Thanks and let me know!

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Originally Posted by ballman123

My female normal was a great eater until i started breeding. I started in october and never really witnessed a lock with my male spider but she now is still off feed. She hasn't been with the male for a while. Is it possible she is gravid? This is my first year and frist time breeding. Any way to tell? Will she go back on feed? She was probable my best eater until I started breeding. She seems interested but will not strike at frozen prekilled or live. Thanks and let me know!

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Yes she could be gravid and lay eggs. You should continue to breed her if you are not sure. There are ways to tell if she is, but it's not really simple for a rookie. Palpating is the best way.

She may never eat again...although most likely she will. If she's gravid though she probably won't eat until after she lays good or bad eggs.

Ok, I will keep breeding her then.

BG pretty much said it all. Usually after Ov they will go off feed and like BG said will stay off feed until she lays. Then she will eat like crazy. But you can try to offer a smaller then normal feeder and see if shell take it but she most likely won't. As far as telling if she's gravid there are plenty of threads on here you can look at. Good luck!

Just be ready for eggs!!! First year breeding too and I missed ovy and got eggs! It was a good think I had the incubator going and had my box set up! Good luck!

I am in a similar situation too. After my lesser locked up with my pastel girl, she stopped eating. This is a girl that has only missed a few meals due to being in shed. Usually she is a chow hound. Would one lock do the job and make the female quit eating?

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Originally Posted by PweEzy

I am in a similar situation too. After my lesser locked up with my pastel girl, she stopped eating. This is a girl that has only missed a few meals due to being in shed. Usually she is a chow hound. Would one lock do the job and make the female quit eating?

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It just depends. It could take one or a few. With your girl it could have just takin one lock to get her into breeding mode. Just keep in mind just because they go off feed dosnt mean shes gravid. You hear a lot about females going off food due to bein gravid and yes they will but there's some that will go off feed all breeding season.

I hope mine has eggs. It will be my first clutch!!!