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<blockquote data-quote="Austin S." data-source="post: 73178" data-attributes="member: 5088"><p>The only thing you will be really spending time on, is with the spiders themselves. Or, investing in a breeding pair, or purchasing a mature female for your mature male, or vice versa.</p><p></p><p>What is the kicker, is this:</p><p>Pre mating-feeding the female heavily weeks before mating. Seasonal changes for certain species, constantly checking on room/tank temperature and humidity.</p><p>Mating- some males will take several hours before even attempting to even move towards the female. If you want an alive male after mating, or want a video or pictures, you'll be there the whole 7 hours waiting.</p><p>Post mating- Feeding, raining, lighting, watering, cool downs, heating, etc., depending on species. It takes a lot of time for planning this - doing it.</p><p>Research, research, research. Make sure you know your tarantula. Research every single breeding report you can of the species you are breeding. Research local habitat information, ie; seasonal changes, mating season, temperature, etc. All the locality information you can gather.</p><p>Sure, some people just throw them together, get lucky, and get a sac.</p><p>But, if you want to produce the most highest % in a sac, and have strong, healthy offspring, do your research. Blafouri have anywhere from 20-50 slings. Mine had 93, no bad ones.</p><p>My Poecilotheria metallica female dropped a sac, but crushed the sac while rotating it! They have 60-90 eggs. There were 172 eggs in hers.</p><p>Mimic natural habitat. Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Austin S., post: 73178, member: 5088"] The only thing you will be really spending time on, is with the spiders themselves. Or, investing in a breeding pair, or purchasing a mature female for your mature male, or vice versa. What is the kicker, is this: Pre mating-feeding the female heavily weeks before mating. Seasonal changes for certain species, constantly checking on room/tank temperature and humidity. Mating- some males will take several hours before even attempting to even move towards the female. If you want an alive male after mating, or want a video or pictures, you'll be there the whole 7 hours waiting. Post mating- Feeding, raining, lighting, watering, cool downs, heating, etc., depending on species. It takes a lot of time for planning this - doing it. Research, research, research. Make sure you know your tarantula. Research every single breeding report you can of the species you are breeding. Research local habitat information, ie; seasonal changes, mating season, temperature, etc. All the locality information you can gather. Sure, some people just throw them together, get lucky, and get a sac. But, if you want to produce the most highest % in a sac, and have strong, healthy offspring, do your research. Blafouri have anywhere from 20-50 slings. Mine had 93, no bad ones. My Poecilotheria metallica female dropped a sac, but crushed the sac while rotating it! They have 60-90 eggs. There were 172 eggs in hers. Mimic natural habitat. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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