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_dave_ Key Member

Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: No-Copulation |
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ok
i bought a male spider in august/september for this years breeding season.
hes roughly 850-900 grams so a good weight.
have been cooling since mid october, and have followed guides like markusjayne etc.. have put female sheds in with him, female poo's, etc etc. have kept humidity right, have been giving 8-10 hours of light, dropping temps at night to hot spot 82 room ambient 78ish.
thing is, i had another male (which i thought was a female, and put him in with a girl to clean the tub up, and he was bang on her and tails were very nearly locked.. so i cant be doing much wrong regarding heating and temp..
he is producing sperm plugs, has gone off food, but when in with the girls he sits opposite end or coiled up inside there coil...
what i need is advice on how to get him to breed.. could it be possible that i have a male that just wont breed? he just seems not interested in females one bit.
All and any advice is appreciated.
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Scott W Site Admin

Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 13355 Location: London, England.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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It's not just a weight issue, 800grams doesn't always mean 'ready to breed'. All you need is pateince and just keep letting the male have his opportunity with the females, Try waiting until his or her's next shed then re-introduce again.
Try different females too. _________________
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_dave_ Key Member

Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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ok scott
he is roughly 2yrs old, ill leave him on his own until i see a shed and then try that.
when placing him in with the females, is it advisable to remove everything (all i have is water bowl) ?
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Scott W Site Admin

Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 13355 Location: London, England.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Dave, all I do is 'grab' a male, choose a lucky girl and put him in. If there's no action by the following morning I will move him to another or put him back on his own for a few days. I don't remove or do anything to the cages or their contents  _________________
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_dave_ Key Member

Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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ok its just something i was advised to do. will skip that then!
you could always grab a male, and give him to me my 1 male wont go to all my 5 Adult females, well he wont even go to one lol
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snakeypete Captivebred Communist

Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 1434 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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hang in there dave ...plenty time yet Bud . _________________ 3.7.0 Royals
We do not stop playing because we grow old;
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angel148 Key Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 328 Location: Leicester
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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What is your day temps and night? Put your other male in to kick his ass into breeding or, swap the males over so each is the others cage and getting the smell of the other one, or place the other males shed into the male and females cage. If you only have the one male then try putting the female in the males cage or use multiple females. Try everything to change them about, that is the absolute key to breeding in my opinion. Spay light every 3 days as well to get the humidity up.
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Lynne ___________


Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8265 Location: Kincardine-on-Forth
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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have you lot never thought maybe they want privacy? i mean...how would you like to be doing the deed then all of a sudden see someone PEERING in the window. would it not put YOU off?
on second thoughts....dont answer that.  _________________
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angel148 Key Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 328 Location: Leicester
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, just seen your temps. I have a 94 hot spot in the day and let it drop to 72-73 night. Drop the night time down a little.
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_dave_ Key Member

Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Kent
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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cool thanks for the ideas, am borrowing a male to kick some ass, thought that was a good thing to do.
thanks for all the ideas  |
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