M balfouri egg sac

[Czar Exotics]

Hey y’all, so my female m balfouri produced an egg sac from my first ever pairing. I’m obviously new to breeding, so I had a concern arise from this. I know most tarantula species stay over their egg sac and you should pull the sac about 30 days so she don’t eat it. M balfouri I’ve read you can leave it or pull it, but it’s cool to see the way the mom cares for the young, so I really wanted to witness that. However, since she’s made the egg sac about 2 weeks ago, she has left it in a corner and she has been in her hide ever since. So, I’m not sure if I should just leave it in the enclosure or if I should just pull it. Thanks ahead of time for any information.

 

[octanejunkie]

You can leave the sac with M balfouri, they are very maternal and tend not to eat the sac

If you'd rather pull it, you can.

 

[Czar Exotics]

You can leave the sac with M balfouri, they are very maternal and tend not to eat the sac

If you'd rather pull it, you can.

I wanted to leave it with her, but I was just concerned since she basically produced the egg sac and then left it in a corner of the enclosure unattended for the past 2 weeks.

 

[octanejunkie]

I wanted to leave it with her, but I was just concerned since she basically produced the egg sac and then left it in a corner of the enclosure unattended for the past 2 weeks.

What are your temps and relative humidity?
What's the enclosure ventilation like?
What moisture source do you provide?

 

[Czar Exotics]

The room I keep them in stays about 78 degrees. I don’t measure humidity level like that. Have a lot of tarantula and snakes in the reptile room. Humidity is probably anywhere from 60-80% as I have my egg incubator in there, which is a giant igloo cooler with water and an aquarium heater to heat it. I dampen a corner of the enclosure and provide a water dish.

 

[octanejunkie]

The room I keep them in stays about 78 degrees. I don’t measure humidity level like that. Have a lot of tarantula and snakes in the reptile room. Humidity is probably anywhere from 60-80% as I have my egg incubator in there, which is a giant igloo cooler with water and an aquarium heater to heat it. I dampen a corner of the enclosure and provide a water dish.

You should be good considering the low moisture needs of the species in general, focusing on ideal conditions for the sac

 

[Czar Exotics]

Alrighty, I’ll leave the sac in there. I actually saw that she moved it twice today. This morning it was on the other side of the enclosure and then later in the day she moved it back to the original spot. Very strange.