My two year old female P. cambridgei is 5.5-6 inches and she just spun up a egg sac about a week ago. Nothing fertile as there is no male, should I just leave it in there or what? It's pretty cool as she never leaves it and is always on top of it but she never comes out anymore because of it. Thinking of pulling just to see inside, thoughts?
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Fake egg sac
- Thread starter Mr. P
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I've had a couple of young females make infertile egg sacs and in both cases I left them alone. They seem to realise that they are duds and eventually abandon them. I think the decision is entirely up to you though
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If you’re curious there is no harm in pulling it out and opening it up. Otherwise just leave it and she’ll abandon it or eat it.
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Pull it...remove the contents, put substrate back in it and give it back to her. You dont want to keep that thing in there rotting and breeding pests you dont want in her enclosure.
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I once left a phantom sack with a female...when she finally tossed it it was full of mites.
She is only two years old, I just wasn't expecting this so soon. I thought it would take much longer for her to mature.
