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Hey everyone. Haven't posted here recently but I still come by every few days to read about everyone's spids 
Just wanted to give an update on my mated G. rosea RCF. Today is 11 weeks exactly since she was mated. Still no clue if she is definitely gravid (maybe someone with some experience can take a guess from the pics?). She doesn't look as fat as I would expect her to be, but then she hasn't been fed much recently as I've been back and forth sorting out moving home from uni. She didn't get fed at all last week, and this week she's only had 2 crickets (3 if you count the one in there waiting to be eaten right now) and I've run out. Am waiting on a delivery which should get here tomorrow and then I'll give her a feast!
Anyway here are some pics.
This was her on June 6th, 8.5 weeks after mating:
Since then I've turned off her heatmat as my room back home doesn't get as cold as it did at uni. She has calmed down a bit recently, less digging and less flighty when disturbed. I assume this is because she isn't so warm.
This is her today:
So going by normal time scales that I've read in breeding reports, if she is gravid I should expect an eggsac any time from next week, but it could still be another few months. I really hope she is pregnant and not just fat, lol. But either way she is still a beauty and the only one of my spiders which makes me go "Wow you're pretty" without fail every time I look in her tank!
Thanks for reading, Hope everyone here is well
Just wanted to give an update on my mated G. rosea RCF. Today is 11 weeks exactly since she was mated. Still no clue if she is definitely gravid (maybe someone with some experience can take a guess from the pics?). She doesn't look as fat as I would expect her to be, but then she hasn't been fed much recently as I've been back and forth sorting out moving home from uni. She didn't get fed at all last week, and this week she's only had 2 crickets (3 if you count the one in there waiting to be eaten right now) and I've run out. Am waiting on a delivery which should get here tomorrow and then I'll give her a feast!
Anyway here are some pics.
This was her on June 6th, 8.5 weeks after mating:
Since then I've turned off her heatmat as my room back home doesn't get as cold as it did at uni. She has calmed down a bit recently, less digging and less flighty when disturbed. I assume this is because she isn't so warm.
This is her today:
So going by normal time scales that I've read in breeding reports, if she is gravid I should expect an eggsac any time from next week, but it could still be another few months. I really hope she is pregnant and not just fat, lol. But either way she is still a beauty and the only one of my spiders which makes me go "Wow you're pretty" without fail every time I look in her tank!
Thanks for reading, Hope everyone here is well
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