Hey all! So I've been in and out of keeping balls for the past 10 years. I've never attempted breeding until this year though. I snagged a few proven female spiders late 2018 and have been pairing my two males to them since October. I had not seen any signs of gravid females aside from them refusing food, which they do occasionally anyway. Work and life had gotten very busy unfortunately and my husbandry has been extremely lacking in the last month. Unfortunately I've done nothing but feed, water, and remove large waste the last few weeks. Not thinking much of the one female not eating.
Well I came home last night to do a long over due deep cleaning on the rack to find one of my girls sitting on 3 eggs and two off to the side very sunken in. The 3 she was on where also dempled but I've seen viable clutches like that before. I will include pictures below!
Seeing that I truly have no idea when she laid them I'm going to estimate the due date about 5-7 days early just to call it safe and make sure to check on them regularly around that time.
Eggs 1,2, and 3 all seemed to candle well! 4 and 5 how ever seem to be too far gone. I'm going to keep them in incubation for the time being to see if the humidity makes them plump back up any.
My incubator is a little crude but it really seems to be holding steady temps! Used a small but taller tub. Put 250grams of vermiculite and 250 grams of water. I sealed the top of the tub with press and seal and drilled teo small holes in either side just for ventilation. The tub sits on a 11×12" peice of flex wat that's tied to my racks ve-300 set at 91*. I have also stuck a zoomed 4wat heater to the tub not on a thermostat. The temperature seems to be staying steady at 89.3*-90* and 99% humidity. I may end up plugging the little 4w into the thermostat as well, but its seems to be working perfectly.
Has anyone else had eggs that looked like potatoes before lol?
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