something not quite right

[Rebecca Burrett]

my P. murinus eggs on legs are doing well but have noticed that some have deformed legs ie. 2 legs on one has only develped asfar the knee would be, and some others that have two legs fused together.
Will post pics up when i recharge the batterys for the camera but anybody got any ideas on why this happens.

[Kain Prestwood]

Something abit different, but if you have 2 live bearer fish, take Mollies for instance. If they inbreed you get fused fry (baby fish) where theres 2/3 fry fused together.

Maybe the same with spiders? I have no idea, just a guess really.

Kain

[J M Clegg]

And don't forget that the reason they produce so many eggs, is because of the high mortality rates. It's survival of the fittest in nature.

Not all will be healthy - not all will survive.

[Jeremy D. Hoge]

I've talked about this before with Charles (Botar) and he said whether you inbreed or not, sometime you get the deformities and sometimes you don't. Basically in all the breeding he's done, he's not seen a pattern that inbreeding causes problems. Just an F.Y.I.

[Nicola Dolby]

Can't give youu any advice on them but wanted to wish you good luck and I hope they're ok.