Pastel Butter x Spider (Maternal Incubation)

[meowmeowkazoo]

Wow, I'm very interested in maternal incubation in captivity. Do you think her temperament will change after doing it instead of pulling the eggs? When I finally get my head around the breeding process I would love to start doing maternal and only have an incubator as back up in case something goes really wrong. I've been following this thread since you started it. She looks like a great momma.

I think that doing maternal incubation is less stressful on the mother. I think that despite popular belief, females are more likely to eat if you let them keep their eggs, as opposed to pulling the eggs and leaving them with a strong incubation instinct but nothing to incubate.

I can say that while on eggs she's been a much more aggressive feeder, more than she has ever been before. I'm not sure if that feeding habit will stick around after the eggs hatch. Other than that I haven't noticed a temperament change.