sadly a very failed breeding attempt

[Stuart Common]

well, after my pair of G.rosea's seemed to have settled in, the male seemed eager to go so, opened the lid, he slowly climbed over to the opposite corner to her, walked up a bit to her, she turned round to face him, both done a wee bit dancing, looked promising, she started to raise up and then as he moved in closer for some reason he changed his mind and decided to bolt sideways into her hide.. I can only assume that when she felt this fast movement that she thought that he was dinner (although she had been well fed and didnt appear to be hungry) and he only got as far as an inch or two before she was on top of him with no way of seperating them. Sadly this morning I was left picking up the discarded bits

Its very disheartening, but I guess these things happen in the wild and in captivity all the time. Its certainly not put me off and I think I will try again in the future. Just sad to see him suffering like that its not something that I would want to see again ...

[James Box]

sorry to hear that, Stuart
it does happen, but doesn't make it any less disappointing

[colin haris]

Hi Stuart

My heart goes out to you, I am currently in the middle of attempting to breed two females with a male. Though I have been lucky enough to not lose my male on my first couple of attempts, I have watched clips on you tube of breedings gone bad. Its a horrible site and I'm terrified of this happening to my little guy. The main thing is you gave your male a chance to breed thats more than some get. Good luck for next time.

Colin

[Colin D Wilson]

Hi Stuart,
I can sympathise with you here,
i have just recently lost a MM Grammostola sp. "Northern Gold" to a fiesty female. The first mating (with the first female) went very well and "by the book", when introduced to a second female some weeks after, she didn't give him chance to turn and run.
A sad sight, but one that is all part and parcel of the breeding world i'm afraid.

[andy hood]

sorry to hear that stuart, i know how you feel, my cyriocosmus elegans male got munched the other night, he didnt even get a chance to mate either

[michaelmckinney]

Hey Stuart,

Sorry bout the male, it's sad to witness such a barbaric event.

I had both A. Geniculata and P. Murinus females go through several of my friends MM of both species, without even a single successful mating!!!!!

I've stopped trying for a while with both as hopefully they will mellow down a bit with age!! But I can't see anyone wanting to put their MM in the line of fire with them again!! LOL

Michael..

[Nicola Dolby]

Sorry for your loss Stuart. Keep atr it though, one day when you see an egg sac it will be brilliant!

[mary walters]

Sorry to hear that Stuart, but as you breed more it seems to happen more, we have had a few munched this year, last one is Stuart Edwards' male crawshayi, he went into our females tub never to be seen again. It's part and parcel of breeding I'm afraid and we all loan males knowing this can happen. It just don't make it any easier though.

[Stuart Common]

Thanks for the kind words folks, as I said I will be trying again, as sometimes their temperament changes with a molt, might it be worthwhile waiting until she molts to try again?

[James Box]

condolences to everyone above!
bit harsh...not that unlike the human world though