I have heard that tarantulas who lost legs will spend their energy in recovering the leg, instead of in reproduction and will not lay an ooteca if they are paired up. I am asking that cause my adult female P. metallica molted last night and lost one of the legs, and my MM wont last until the next molt. So should I have some hope or just let it go?
Does legless tarantulas breeds?
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Tarantulas don't "lay an ootheca"...
If your mature male is not going to last and you can keep your female very well fed, I cannot see the harm in trying to breed them. Its possible someone else will have actual experience with breeding a female with a lost limb, but between risking a dud sac or having a viable sac as being the risk, I don't see a problem with breeding them.
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They will breed now if you get a sac that another question ,I paired my 7 legged A hentzi last October they did breed but she molted.it's pretty good change she will to.worth a try though.
They lay eggs and then pack them in a ooteca, better now?
Thanks for the answers guys, but I would pair them up anyway. I just want to know if anyone had offspring from a 7 or 6 legged spider.
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Noooo not even close. It's a sac. They're completely different.
horanjp
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Can't really cut corners w terminology....anywho, I'm sure breeding your 7 legged tarantula is absolutely possible, but obviously not optimal. Good luck!
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An ootheca is completely different structurally. Individual eggs are encased in a protein and lumped together that hardens into a shell, some are papery, leathery, or rock hard. Spiders group eggs all together in a silken ball which is called an egg sack. Two terms for two very different methods of protecting eggs.
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Title made me look.
I was picturing a legless T, not a T missing a limb (or 2).
I was thinking "well, how would they mate" and "is it really a T if it has no legs."
Evolution can be interesting but a legless genus/species? sheesh.
I was picturing a legless T, not a T missing a limb (or 2).
I was thinking "well, how would they mate" and "is it really a T if it has no legs."
Evolution can be interesting but a legless genus/species? sheesh.
Hanska
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Got to admit, same reason I'm here...