Please Help! Phidippus Regious has an egg sac

[shatteredpast7]

Hi there, i just found what seems to be an egg sac in my P. Regious enclosure. I have no idea what to do and did not plan on babies. Im just a keeper, not a breeder. What do i do? Where do i even start?

 

[MBullock]

You could put the enclosure into a butterfly cage and let the babies emerge for easy collection and simple care with the enclosure open so the babies can disperse into the butterfly cage and then you wont have to worry about escapees plus it's ALOT easier to feed them like that. I suggest melanogaster as they're alot plumper and like to head for the top as opposed to hydei which mostly cluster on the bottom.

That way's super easy and alot less stressful on the babies as they can spread out.

 

[shatteredpast7]

You could put the enclosure into a butterfly cage and let the babies emerge for easy collection and simple care with the enclosure open so the babies can disperse into the butterfly cage and then you wont have to worry about escapees plus it's ALOT easier to feed them like that. I suggest melanogaster as they're alot plumper and like to head for the top as opposed to hydei which mostly cluster on the bottom.

That way's super easy and alot less stressful on the babies as they can spread out.

How do i even begin to find out how many spiders there are?

 

[shatteredpast7]

This is her

 

[Enn49]

You'll find mum will look after her babies very well until they are ready to leave her

This was my experience if it helps https://tarantulaforum.com/threads/phidippus-regius-egg-sac-now-x-3.16502/#post-105451

 

[Lawrence b]

Just keep mum well fed and as Enn49 said mum look will after them . I gathered them up as they where leaving the nest over the days as they don t all leave together .

 

[MBullock]

I just cohab the babies for a while til a few more instars if fed well they actually will resist cannibalization. You can keep phidippus in those small green hanging butterfly cages too, i think thats actually how most breeders rear jumpers