Hello!
I have a G. pulchra pair. Both the female and the male (mature) are 6" DLS. I've had the female from August last year (she was a bit over 4") and she's molted twice since then (once in every six months). According to some people on the forum (including Poec54) this is close to the max size of the species. So, she must be mature. The male is very strong and large and wants to mate but the female isn't receptive at all. In the first attempt I put the male in the enclosure of the female. A few minutes after that he headed straight to the female which was in her hide. As soon as he made the first attempt to hook her, she attacked him and she may have killed him if I hadn't lifted her up with my stick and hadn't secured her teeth. Even then the male continued trying to get to her furrow but I had to split them because she wasn't in a good position. I know his approach wasn't good then. Today I tried mating them on a neutral territory - on the floor of my bedroom. The female didn't attack the male this time but that's because she was trying to avoid getting close to him. She actually ran away. Every time I directed her back to the male she would turn around and walk in the opposite direction. She was deliberately avoiding him. Do you think she isn't ready? It's a bit suspicious to me that she molts so often. I'll continue trying but would love to hear some advice from the more experienced. Thank you in advance!
I have a G. pulchra pair. Both the female and the male (mature) are 6" DLS. I've had the female from August last year (she was a bit over 4") and she's molted twice since then (once in every six months). According to some people on the forum (including Poec54) this is close to the max size of the species. So, she must be mature. The male is very strong and large and wants to mate but the female isn't receptive at all. In the first attempt I put the male in the enclosure of the female. A few minutes after that he headed straight to the female which was in her hide. As soon as he made the first attempt to hook her, she attacked him and she may have killed him if I hadn't lifted her up with my stick and hadn't secured her teeth. Even then the male continued trying to get to her furrow but I had to split them because she wasn't in a good position. I know his approach wasn't good then. Today I tried mating them on a neutral territory - on the floor of my bedroom. The female didn't attack the male this time but that's because she was trying to avoid getting close to him. She actually ran away. Every time I directed her back to the male she would turn around and walk in the opposite direction. She was deliberately avoiding him. Do you think she isn't ready? It's a bit suspicious to me that she molts so often. I'll continue trying but would love to hear some advice from the more experienced. Thank you in advance!