this is her after her molt she looks stunning.
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Originally posted by Drew Acton View Postput the ball in yesterday. just got in from work and it hasn't seemed to move what am i looking for?
Someone else suggested that the ping pong ball might be a substitute eggsac, but I'm dubious because it certainly wouldn't "smell" like one to a tarantula, because this trick often works at non-breeding times of the year, and I don't think that tarantulas are really THAT stupid!
Try moving the ball to a different spot in the cage every few evenings for a few days, to make sure she finds it.
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Originally posted by Drew Acton View Posthere is a couple of pics of her molt could you tell me if she is a she or a he ?
Then, you need to put a drop or 2 of liquid dish detergent in a cup of warm water and drip a little of the solution on those parts of the skin. With 2 toothpicks or some other little implements you need to carefully unfold and unwrap the skin and lay it out flat. Then take a photo or 2 (both sides, top and bottom - flip it over) and post them here again.
Here's a good resource for sexing tarantulas: http://atshq.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12742
Plus, somewhere I recently saw a series of either drawings or photos of the epigynal plates of a large number of tarantulas with their corresponding scientific names, but I can't remember where and I can't find that resource. Can anyone else offer a link to that page or reference?
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