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I was contacted by a friend of mine out of state about me breeding his pair of geniculata. I told my friend that I was more than happy to breed them. So my friend had a third party person that is a mutual friend of ours ship the spiders out on Monday of this week. Before the spiders where sent to me I was told by the third party that the mature male was about to kick the bucket cause he was to old or not maintain in the proper condition. So I was aware that the male might not make it in transit.
Yesterday when I received the pair of geniculata the mature male looked good on the outside, but he was definitely dying. Legs were curling he was walking sluggish. As soon as I got home from work I put the mature male with my friends female for breeding just in case if he was up to the task. Both male and female wanted to breed, even though the male was dying he was trying real hard to breed. After a while I saw that the breeding was not going to happen, the male was not able to breed with the female and surprisingly the female did not once wanted to kill the male. I decided to take the male out of the females enclosure. Quite honestly it was depressing to see this mature male trying to breed in his condition.
Once I took the mature male out of the females enclosure I decided to keep him alive over night, gave him water and food. This morning I saw a whole different spider, he was eating and walking normal like if he had nothing wrong with him. I was amazed that he recuperated so quickly. I was told that he is 8 months old, but to me he still looks good for being 8 months old. I'm glad I did not give up on him. This mature male has never been bred with any female, check out what he did today.
Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
]Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
Acanthoscurria geniculata successful breeding
I also want to mention that my friend has photos when the mature male was trying to breed yesterday so you guys will be able to see those photos when my friend posts them.
This mature male is small compare to the female. And of course after the insertions took place she wanted to kill the male but I prevented from that happening.
The mature male was not dying from old age it was from poor living condition. This is why it is important for all of us to keep a certain amount of spiders that we can properly maintain. I can't no longer properly maintain the amount spiders that I use too, and believe me in the past years I'm to blame for some of my spiders dying for the improperly living conditions that I kept them..............
Jose
Yesterday when I received the pair of geniculata the mature male looked good on the outside, but he was definitely dying. Legs were curling he was walking sluggish. As soon as I got home from work I put the mature male with my friends female for breeding just in case if he was up to the task. Both male and female wanted to breed, even though the male was dying he was trying real hard to breed. After a while I saw that the breeding was not going to happen, the male was not able to breed with the female and surprisingly the female did not once wanted to kill the male. I decided to take the male out of the females enclosure. Quite honestly it was depressing to see this mature male trying to breed in his condition.
Once I took the mature male out of the females enclosure I decided to keep him alive over night, gave him water and food. This morning I saw a whole different spider, he was eating and walking normal like if he had nothing wrong with him. I was amazed that he recuperated so quickly. I was told that he is 8 months old, but to me he still looks good for being 8 months old. I'm glad I did not give up on him. This mature male has never been bred with any female, check out what he did today.
Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
]Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
Acanthoscurria geniculata breeding attempt
Acanthoscurria geniculata successful breeding
I also want to mention that my friend has photos when the mature male was trying to breed yesterday so you guys will be able to see those photos when my friend posts them.
This mature male is small compare to the female. And of course after the insertions took place she wanted to kill the male but I prevented from that happening.
The mature male was not dying from old age it was from poor living condition. This is why it is important for all of us to keep a certain amount of spiders that we can properly maintain. I can't no longer properly maintain the amount spiders that I use too, and believe me in the past years I'm to blame for some of my spiders dying for the improperly living conditions that I kept them..............
Jose
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