When an egg sac is dropped

[snowgoose]

What the hell do you do?

Do you leave it with the mother until the babies are born, leave them a certain amount of time then remove them, remove as soon as sac is dropped?

How do you incubate a sac?

etc etc, ( just the usual Q's about sacs )

[Kyle T's]

YouTube - Eggs to slings caresheet

[martin r]

if this is for the gigas, then its probally best to leave the sac with the mother until about 8 weeks if you want pull the sac, then they should be at least ewls. or just leave until the slings emerge.

[snowgoose]

Originally Posted by martin r

if this is for the gigas, then its probally best to leave the sac with the mother until about 8 weeks if you want pull the sac, then they should be at least ewls. or just leave until the slings emerge.

Cheers Martin

So it's safe to leave with the mother until they are slings

[Poxicator]

I think its worth sourcing some good information on this tbh so that you can make a more informed decision. Ron Baxter's book comes recommended but breeding is mentioned in many other books eg. Stanley Schultz.
Depending on what species you are trying to breed will depend on conditioning, timeframe, humidity and possibilities on incubating or leaving with mum. If you're after success it makes sense to put some time into finding out the details and you might want to contact breeders for tips.
Avics tend to make good mums but T. blondi are notorious for eating their sacs. C. shioedtei and L. violaceopes will rarely, if ever, produce a sac without eating the male. Many species require a season change which we have to mimmick to encourage them to drop the sac.

The first thing you'll notice is a lot of thick webbing. This may become almost a complete block on the inside of the enclosure depending on species. You may notice a round ball of white which would indicate the sac but some species create hammock sacs eg. P. murinus.

You'll then need to attend to humidity so that the eggs don't dry out or attract fungus.

Removing the sac requires a bit of hands on with some tweezers and you'll need to set up an incubator.

Of course, if what you're breeding is easily bred its quite likely you can keep your enclosure as it is and let mum do all the work. Its just rather frustrating that after months of waiting to see mum destroy the sac for reasons unknown, thats the gamble!

[martin r]

Originally Posted by snowgoose

Cheers Martin

So it's safe to leave with the mother until they are slings

yeah should be fine, just be careful they dont escape through your vent holes!

[snowgoose]

Originally Posted by martin r

yeah should be fine, just be careful they dont escape through your vent holes!

good point. Maybe something more secure than and exo is needed. ( small fish tank ? ) untill slings show, then I can move mum into her exo and sort out the slings.

[Poxicator]

LOL, don't make the mistake I did of thinking an Exo is secure. Caught 23 of them but no idea how many actually escaped. Didn't make me too popular at home!

YouTube - P-cambridgei

[martin r]

Originally Posted by snowgoose

good point. Maybe something more secure than and exo is needed. ( small fish tank ? ) untill slings show, then I can move mum into her exo and sort out the slings.

i use cereal tubs to breed mine in. there a good size and cheap, about £2.50.

[martin r]

Originally Posted by Poxicator

LOL, don't make the mistake I did of thinking an Exo is secure. Caught 23 of them but no idea how many actually escaped. Didn't make me too popular at home!

YouTube - P-cambridgei

i was thinking of that when i wrote it lol!