Theraphosa

[Rebecca Norris]

Hi

In that case IMHO this is why you see less captive bred T. blondi in the hobby.
Sorry to say but I think a big part of successful T. blondi breeding is being selfish, by NOT passing on the male.

(A little thought and you can understand this point)

Cheers
Chris

I see your point here Chris, but would it not be better to pass the male on to more females if you yourself only have one? Is it not better for the male to see 3 females of someone elses or various peoples and hopefully raise chances of at least some spiderlings, than have him mate your one female and then die after that? One female mated or 4... i know which i'd choose.
However i do see your point, but i think it needs only apply to people who have lots of females.

[Mikhail F. Bagaturov]

Hi!

As far as I know there were no many (I will say just maybe 1%) of CB theraphosa blondi and 99% of traded slings were from gravid WC females brough to Europe (I can't tell for US).
And last 1.5 years the main "source" of this was "closed"...
As far as I was bitten by Chris for declairing myself that his successful breeding was the first in the world and these were (his) first CB slings, I wil try a special search and find another 2 decent cases of c.breeding T. blondi, and maybe 2-3 more which is unknown and can't be found via WWW were happened.
But isn't it = no any Cbs comparing the number or speciemns introduced in hobby around the world and this spider great popularity?

[wesley flower]

Hi

In that case IMHO this is why you see less captive bred T. blondi in the hobby.
Sorry to say but I think a big part of successful T. blondi breeding is being selfish, by NOT passing on the male.

(A little thought and you can understand this point)

Cheers
Chris

why do you think this chris?
i had the male for a matter of weeks mated my female and then passed him on, he was quickly passed onto the third person where he was left to die in a tank over a period of weeks/months.

[wesley flower]

Hi!

As far as I know there were no many (I will say just maybe 1%) of CB theraphosa blondi and 99% of traded slings were from gravid WC females brough to Europe (I can't tell for US).
And last 1.5 years the main "source" of this was "closed"...
As far as I was bitten by Chris for declairing myself that his successful breeding was the first in the world and these were (his) first CB slings, I wil try a special search and find another 2 decent cases of c.breeding T. blondi, and maybe 2-3 more which is unknown and can't be found via WWW were happened.
But isn't it = no any Cbs comparing the number or speciemns introduced in hobby around the world and this spider great popularity?

i know that Dr. R Bustard used to breed T. blondi.

[Chris Sainsbury]

Hi

I see your point here Chris, but would it not be better to pass the male on to more females if you yourself only have one?

Sorry but I don't think you do which is why you pass on the male.

One female mated or 4... i know which i'd choose.

Me too and if I had just the 1 female there is no way I would pass on the male until an eggsac had been done by my one.

why do you think this chris?

Like I said a little thought.

Why is it so relatively easy to get an eggsac from T. blondi but harder to get a fertile eggsac?
If you look though the hundreds of threads (there are loads believe me ) on the internet forums that show T. blondi mating, then an eggsac is produced but then the eggsac is either eaten or discarded, you will see a pattern emerge.

I am not going to go into it in any great deal here as I am writeing a short article about my experinces with breeding T. blondi and my theroy will be in that. I would so hate to spoil it too soon.

Cheers
Chris

[wesley flower]

Hi


Sorry but I don't think you do which is why you pass on the male.

Me too and if I had just the 1 female there is no way I would pass on the male until an eggsac had been done by my one.

Like I said a little thought.

Why is it so relatively easy to get an eggsac from T. blondi but harder to get a fertile eggsac?
If you look though the hundreds of threads (there are loads believe me ) on the internet forums that show T. blondi mating, then an eggsac is produced but then the eggsac is either eaten or discarded, you will see a pattern emerge.

I am not going to go into it in any great deal here as I am writeing a short article about my experinces with breeding T. blondi and my theroy will be in that. I would so hate to spoil it too soon.

Cheers
Chris

cant wait to read your article chris

[julie readman]

blondi

hi all theres some one selling slings on bugnation if any one wants a bloni sling

[Johanna Turner]

I have a couple of blondis and a couple of apophysis I bought from Carig Hill (He seems to have had loads of success bredding both these Ts) Following moults, I know one of each of the pairs is female, just waiting for the others to moult to see what they are. They're not mature yet though!
I want desperately to have a go breeding these myself too, if I can't do it I may ask someone else to have a go with them.

Slings do seem to come up for sale rarely and they are usually around the £30 tag when they are for sale. Well worth it in my opinion though.

[John Boyd]

goliaths

hi there

i was looking for a t.blondi for ages, and it seems the best place to get one just now is from german dealers ie THOMMAS VINNMAN he has t.blondi
pairs just now male, female for 180 EUROS if you dont mind paying that price.

john

[Taki Tsonis]

I have 3 mature males right now which I have bred with a friends female. She has gotten huge and closed herself up a couple of days agos just as spring is approaching here and a few of my other T's have started dropping sacs.... so here's holding thumbs!