Something that has annoyed me....

[selina20]

.....Is a thread in the classifieds in which a Grammostola sp north that is possibly gravid is for sale for £15. Normally i would be fine with it and think oh quick sale. That was until i was sent this:

Selina20: Could you also tell me how big the G.sp north is??????? Did u mate her?

Seller: She is 3.5-4 inch legspan , Adult , she was mated with a normal chile rose male that i was selling but i hadnt seen him sperm web so I am uncertain if she is gravid . Naughty I know..

What would pocess someone into doing something that stupid. I wouldnt of minded too much if it had been an accident but its the fact the owner purposely mated the two.

[GRB]

Hmmmn, that's annoying.

I'm currently in contact with a member of the BTS in order to breed my "North", how foolish to interbreed them.

[selina20]

Originally Posted by GRB

Hmmmn, that's annoying.

I'm currently in contact with a member of the BTS in order to breed my "North", how foolish to interbreed them.

The fact is is he even knew what he was doing. I posted it here and on the classifieds post so that whoever gets the girl will do the right thing with the sac. The last thing we need is more hybrids.

[miss_rawr]

i know nothing and i mean a big fat nothing, so please don't be too harsh here, but, what's wrong with breeding the two? is it all different types that are "wrong" to breed or just those types? are hybrids more likely to have problems ect?

i'm not thinking of getting a spider or invert i was just interested =)

[Ozgi]

I don't know anything about it either, but I imagine it's the same as with other species of animal, where cross breeding can eventually lead to a loss of the "pure" species.

[selina20]

Originally Posted by miss_rawr

i know nothing and i mean a big fat nothing, so please don't be too harsh here, but, what's wrong with breeding the two? is it all different types that are "wrong" to breed or just those types? are hybrids more likely to have problems ect?

i'm not thinking of getting a spider or invert i was just interested =)

People tend to want to keep the species as "pure" as possible. There has already been a lot of hybridisation in the hobby which has messed a lot of genus' up. There is no need to breed hybrids at all. IMO and a lot of peoples opinions it is wrong to breed hybrids no matter what. A lot of work is going into sorting out Genus' because of past breeding.

[PRS]

Originally Posted by miss_rawr

i know nothing and i mean a big fat nothing, so please don't be too harsh here, but, what's wrong with breeding the two? is it all different types that are "wrong" to breed or just those types? are hybrids more likely to have problems ect?

i'm not thinking of getting a spider or invert i was just interested =)

Really tbh some genus are already messed up which leads to it being hard to correctly identify some spiders.

I would never want to breed hybrids due to this, especially t's like avics the genus is so messed up other than (Versicolor, Minatrix) and a few other easily identified species.

[garlicpickle]

It's just that in the wild the 2 are found in different locations so would not interbreed. Hobbyists and breeders try to keep the different variants "pure" so that they are not lost to the hobby, especially important now that Chile is apparently stopping exports of wild caught specimens.

[miss_rawr]

oooh right
i can understand why it's annoyed you now
thanks a lot for the info everyone =)

[antmac]

Originally Posted by garlicpickle

It's just that in the wild the 2 are found in different locations so would not interbreed. Hobbyists and breeders try to keep the different variants "pure" so that they are not lost to the hobby, especially important now that Chile is apparently stopping exports of wild caught specimens.

ow c so how meny people do you think are cb breeding of these spices ?