Update on last 3 spiders (Graphic pics)

[frankykeno]

Oh Susan, I'm so very sorry to read that they didn't make it. I am happy for your sake though that if they weren't going to make it they passed themselves so you didn't have to go through the further upset of having to put them down yourself. Sadly some of these little creatures just aren't meant to make it I think no matter how perfect we try to make the experience. Big hugs dear and like others have said, you are handling this with grace and professionalism in sharing it with us.

The remaining hatchlings are all that much more precious because of this experience.

I don't think it is rare to hatch a full clutch successfully ...however, I am wondering how rare it is to lose this many in one clutch with almost all the same issues.

These are some of the same topics a friend of mine and I were discussing yesterday.

I know for a fact that she is hooked up with a nice bator set by a helix so I don't see how she would have had any temp spikes/drops.

but I also am curious about the gene thing.

I mean..what are the chances of Baba G and this normal female to throw another clutch like this again next year?

Could it be just a fluke thing or do you guys think maybe genetics did play a role?

Sorry Susan...I am not tryng to hijack your thread I just thought it was an interesting topic.

It's a good question MeMe and one I'd be asking myself if I'd just gone through what Susan has with this pairing producing this clutch.

Personally I'd likely put them together again this coming season but also put Baba with a couple of other normal females and see how things go. If he sires normal offspring all around then maybe it was just a fluke thing. If he sires offspring again with this female that aren't healthy (but sires healthy offspring with all the other females) then I guess you'd have to assume that something genetic is triggered by their specific gene combination.

[daaangconcepts]

Thank you all so much for your kind words! It really means alot to me.

Oh Susan, I'm so very sorry to read that they didn't make it. I am happy for your sake though that if they weren't going to make it they passed themselves so you didn't have to go through the further upset of having to put them down yourself. Sadly some of these little creatures just aren't meant to make it I think no matter how perfect we try to make the experience. Big hugs dear and like others have said, you are handling this with grace and professionalism in sharing it with us.

The remaining hatchlings are all that much more precious because of this experience.

I couldn't agree more. Even though I was deeply saddened by them passing, I was even more relieved that it was nature and not myself that laid them to rest.