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well last night i decided to get in some first time pairing, and get a jump start on them...
P. formosa
..the male walked around the females enclosure for about an hour drumming, the female was completely unresponsive..finally when he found her he backed off and continued drumming...she ended up rushing him...then a little bit later rushed him again...i had to take him out..she wasnt interested at all...really sucks too, i was planning on keeping them together overnight..dont know if i will reintroduce him or just give up..there were no pairings at all...
P. metallica
..the male was sitting on oppsoite ends of her enclosure, then he walked straight to her and fealt her all over with his first set of legs, and she never even moved...so i figured good she wasnt going to harm him, and i could keep them in together overnight, well he started drumming and wandering around, until he got closer to her, and then she rushed him twice...i ended up leaving them in together overnight, and found them on opposite sides this morning...then i took out the male..might give her another male dubia tonight, and toss the male back in tomorrow evening...i dont know if there were any pairings during the night..
P. regalis
...the male was introduced to the first of three females, and neither one of them did any movement at all, so i left the male in with her overnight, and this morning i found them on opposite sides of the tank...i removed him...i will try him with the next girl, then move on..i dont know if there was any pairing during the night..
S. calceatum
..this was the best out of all...really enjoyed this one..the male was introduced, and maybe 5 minutes went by, and he ventured behind some cork bark where she has here tube webbing...i immediately heard pairing, but could not see any insertions, then there was some chasing and the male started drumming...she rushed him a couple times, but wasnt really vicous towards him..he contiued to go right back into her tube multiple times after slowly being chased out...constantly drumming..then he backed slowly out of her tube, and stopped and kept drumming...then she slowly came out to him...he pushed her front legs up and as he held them, he drummed like crazy, very fast....then he got in a couple good insertions as she was pushing her abdomen towards him...then they slowly let go, and he backed off, and she slowly went into her tube...then he followed her, and they stayed in there together for about an hour...then i heard the male drumming again..i left him in with her overnight...and this morning i found him inside of his makeshift safehide..a small deli cup i put in for retreat...he had built another sperm web and was just laying there...was very easy to get him out, just put the lid on and pull out...the female was walking to the entrance of her tube and sticking her front toes out, and then would slowly return deeper in her tube..i will probably wait and see what the female does to see if i need to reintroduce him...i have a smaller female her last molt measured 3 1/4", so she might be close to 4", not sure if she is quite big enough or not...but i am getting another adult female soon, so i will breed him with her once she gets settled in, and maybe i can get my smaller female to molt another time by the time i have the other two females finished...
soo. hopefully atleast 1 girl is gravid...will post more info when it comes...
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P. formosa
..the male walked around the females enclosure for about an hour drumming, the female was completely unresponsive..finally when he found her he backed off and continued drumming...she ended up rushing him...then a little bit later rushed him again...i had to take him out..she wasnt interested at all...really sucks too, i was planning on keeping them together overnight..dont know if i will reintroduce him or just give up..there were no pairings at all...
P. metallica
..the male was sitting on oppsoite ends of her enclosure, then he walked straight to her and fealt her all over with his first set of legs, and she never even moved...so i figured good she wasnt going to harm him, and i could keep them in together overnight, well he started drumming and wandering around, until he got closer to her, and then she rushed him twice...i ended up leaving them in together overnight, and found them on opposite sides this morning...then i took out the male..might give her another male dubia tonight, and toss the male back in tomorrow evening...i dont know if there were any pairings during the night..
P. regalis
...the male was introduced to the first of three females, and neither one of them did any movement at all, so i left the male in with her overnight, and this morning i found them on opposite sides of the tank...i removed him...i will try him with the next girl, then move on..i dont know if there was any pairing during the night..
S. calceatum
..this was the best out of all...really enjoyed this one..the male was introduced, and maybe 5 minutes went by, and he ventured behind some cork bark where she has here tube webbing...i immediately heard pairing, but could not see any insertions, then there was some chasing and the male started drumming...she rushed him a couple times, but wasnt really vicous towards him..he contiued to go right back into her tube multiple times after slowly being chased out...constantly drumming..then he backed slowly out of her tube, and stopped and kept drumming...then she slowly came out to him...he pushed her front legs up and as he held them, he drummed like crazy, very fast....then he got in a couple good insertions as she was pushing her abdomen towards him...then they slowly let go, and he backed off, and she slowly went into her tube...then he followed her, and they stayed in there together for about an hour...then i heard the male drumming again..i left him in with her overnight...and this morning i found him inside of his makeshift safehide..a small deli cup i put in for retreat...he had built another sperm web and was just laying there...was very easy to get him out, just put the lid on and pull out...the female was walking to the entrance of her tube and sticking her front toes out, and then would slowly return deeper in her tube..i will probably wait and see what the female does to see if i need to reintroduce him...i have a smaller female her last molt measured 3 1/4", so she might be close to 4", not sure if she is quite big enough or not...but i am getting another adult female soon, so i will breed him with her once she gets settled in, and maybe i can get my smaller female to molt another time by the time i have the other two females finished...
soo. hopefully atleast 1 girl is gravid...will post more info when it comes...
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