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Gravid poecilotheria fasciata


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14 years 9 months ago #38570 by Darren
Hi all my female Poecilotheria Fasciata was mated about 5 months go "yes I do have another similar thread" and to my surprise she looks gravid to me.
So I flooded her cage about 1.5l of water and raised her temp to 28-35. Is there anything else I need to do?
Here are some pics of her. Thanks

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14 years 9 months ago #38574 by Fuzzy Bear
She is gravid all right. Add another 2.5 liters but with a spray gun. (Make sure there is no Surgical Spirits in the water). :laugh:

Make sure the inside and outside of that cork bark hide also gets wet, but don't spray directly onto the spider. Try to keep the temperature above 30 degrees. You may want to reduce ambient light by covering the sides a bit.

Then wait...

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14 years 9 months ago #38593 by Darren
How much water must there be? because the substrate is very saturated. Coz iv noticed that a bit of water has started to leak inside her hide so then I stopped flooding because I heard this is bad? or will the substrate dry before she drops?

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14 years 9 months ago #38594 by Ceratogyrus
Replied by Ceratogyrus on topic Re: Gravid poecilotheria fasciata
The substrate should be really soaked.
Mine usually drop within a week of flooding if your conditions are correct.

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14 years 9 months ago #38806 by Darren
My next question is, I have flooded her tank till the substrate is very saturated, do I keep misting her cage once a day or do I let the cage dry out after the heavy flooding, and when the cage dries out will she drop her eggs or will she only drop if the cage is very wet and humid? This step is a bit confusing keep getting different advice?

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14 years 9 months ago #38816 by Ceratogyrus
Replied by Ceratogyrus on topic Re: Gravid poecilotheria fasciata
Mine always dropped while it was still wet.
I would continue misting until she drops then stop.
If the tank is 30+ and there is humidity, she should drop.

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