New T and webbing

[pnshmntMMA]

got mine about 2-3 years ago, it ate for a few months then about 1.5-2 years without food. after 2 years it finally molted. mine isnt a big webber but it has before, and it did make a mat before molting

[xhexdx]

Another thing - G. rosea aren't really heavy webbers, so you won't really see much. They will lay a fine layer of silk on the substrate, but that's about it unless they are making a molt mat, or dropping a sac.

[gashadokuro]

Its been a while since I've posted here. My t molted last month on the 18th (I was lucky enough to watch it) . I've put it in a new housing since then (16in x 11in) since he got bigger. I'm sure its molting again today since its set up webbing. The thing is I have this cardboard box inside his enclosure that has a hole on the side for him to go in (he loves it in there when hiding) but its when I noticed the webbing is on top of him (touching his underside since he's on his back)) will that have effect with him getting out of his shell?

[catfishrod69]

If he is upside down, and the webbing is over him, it sounds like a mature male loading his emboli. Can you get some pics of him?

[gashadokuro]

I have pics but atm I have no net at home and its a pain to upload properly on my phone. However he did crawl out from under it, got on top and was rotating around using its short arms in the front. Initially he was half way under the web and was kinda moving his legs as they would do if they were molting and spinerettes moving too. When he crawled out it left it almost like a hammock with a whole on one end (similar to when he molted before).

[catfishrod69]

Yep sounds like a mm making a sperm web, and loading his embloli. Does he have little hooks halfway down his first set of legs, and the tips of his pedipalps are bulbous and look like boxing gloves?

[gashadokuro]

I think your right. I had checked its shell when it molted and found out it was a male. I was just thinking he was trying to molt again. Roughly how long would I have to find him a mate for them to do their stuff?

[catfishrod69]

Well G. rosea males are known to live a long time after maturing. I would say no more than 2 years. But by then he may not have it in him. Good luck.

[gashadokuro]

Oh yeah I know they live about a year or so after maturing, what I meant is right now that he made the web and stored sperm would he have to (for example) use it within a week and then if not he makes more? Or is it permanently stored until he calls it quits?

[catfishrod69]

As far as i know, it wont go bad. He will be able to store it indefinitely.

[kyahalhai21311]

find yourself a gravid female and put on some marvin gaye! :P hahah i remember being shocked when my first T (a "she", i believed) built her/his first sperm web...but he lived a couple more years after that.

[jayefbe]

find yourself a gravid female and put on some marvin gaye!

A gravid female would already be 'with eggs' so a MM is not needed. Replace that with 'sexually mature female' and you're absolutely right, that is the way to go.

[kyahalhai21311]

A gravid female would already be 'with eggs' so a MM is not needed. Replace that with 'sexually mature female' and you're absolutely right, that is the way to go.

hahaha my bad, haven't bred any yet. that clarifies a lot right there!

[Skeri]

I was 14 or 15 when I first brought home my G. rosea. When I first got her she loved to eat and started putting down web immediately. Then over time it seemed like she was moody. There were times when I owned her that she would eat every feeding, and then she wouldn't eat for a month or two. She had alot of character and seemed to have an ever changing personality.

She was a confirmed female. It just so happens the first T I ever bought I bought it gravid unknowingly. At the time I had no knowledge to T breeding or egg/sling care, so I wanted to take the tank and sac to the store where I had bought it. At the time (he unfortunately no longer works there :/) there was a hobbyist who worked at the local pet store who I knew would take the eggs and properly care for them. Unfortunately my mother was very stubborn and decided to take all the webbing and sac out of the cage and flush it down the toilet.