MAteing Avicularia purpurea

[Graeme Wright]

Oh okay, i was mis-informed.


We'll be in touch once we have our female and have it settled in.

How long after a moult can you leave it and still mate a female?? I'll see if i can get a moult date from Mark when i speak to him. This will be our first attempt at mating.

I'd probabky say as soon as she starts eating again

[Neil Richardson]

I mean how late into the year can she still be moulted? If it's too late, surely she'll lose the sperm when she sheds?

[Graeme Wright]

I mean how late into the year can she still be moulted? If it's too late, surely she'll lose the sperm when she sheds?

there is no telling when she is going to moult unless you have moulting records.

It's usually best to wiat untill after they have moulted before trying to breed them.

However I have still mated spiders before with out knowing weather they are going to moult or not nad still got an egg sac from them. There no harm in trying

[Neil Richardson]

Good point

We'll be in touch then

[Neil Richardson]

Okay, Mark's put it in the post and it'll be here on Tuesday morning.

He says it's a bit thin, as he thinks it's dropped an egg sac recently, so it'll probably have to be fed up a bit before we mate them, dont want her thinking that the male is her dinner after all :P

Also, it's wild caught, so he doesn't have the last moult date.

[sarah Smith]

well she is here and settling in nicely she is not quite as thin as i was expecting which is a good thing once shes eating and fully at home the big matting experiment can begin.

[Stefan]

good luck guys. It's always nice to hear of a good love story

[Graeme Wright]

ok I'll be sending it out to craig sometime this week I think then after him it is then to you and then off to Dean