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<blockquote data-quote="Thistles" data-source="post: 107336" data-attributes="member: 3949"><p>Okay, so I got my easy sac.</p><p></p><p>I went to water some of my spiders, so I grabbed my trusty turkey baster. When I sucked water into the bulb, I saw a tiny spider swirl around in the clear body of the baster. Poor guy! I grab a deli and carefully pour him into it, and try to figure out what he is. "Hmm," I think, "that looks a lot like a Heterothele. Weird."</p><p></p><p>The wheels turn a little, but my hamster is geriatric and creaky, so it takes a minute for me to realize that I have a female Heterothele gabonensis. "Be quiet, hamster," I think, "I bought her as a juvenile in May and she molted about a month ago. It can't be her!" Just to satisfy myself, I go look at her enclosure. No sign of babies. No little webs or molts or anything that indicates babies, but she has a very large, nice enclosure with lots of leaf litter. Hmm. So I grab my jeweler's loupe and examine the tiny foundling up close and personal. It has parallel fangs and the hint of the Heterothele opisthosoma pattern. No way.</p><p></p><p>Talking aloud to myself ("no way. No possible way. It can't be...") the whole time, I proceed to dismantle my female's beautiful enclosure and dig down to her lair. Guess what I found?</p><p></p><p>The tiniest, most perfect egg sac ever. No way.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21685[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>So, several hours and one pissed off momma spider later, I have a bunch of delis of Heterothele gabonensis slings. Guess she was old enough, after all.</p><p></p><p>The whole reason I bought her was because I had a few others I was raising. One of my males matured this past week, and given how recently she molted I might have the opportunity to do this all over again very soon.</p><p></p><p>The cause of the trouble, christened "Mary"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21686[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thistles, post: 107336, member: 3949"] Okay, so I got my easy sac. I went to water some of my spiders, so I grabbed my trusty turkey baster. When I sucked water into the bulb, I saw a tiny spider swirl around in the clear body of the baster. Poor guy! I grab a deli and carefully pour him into it, and try to figure out what he is. "Hmm," I think, "that looks a lot like a Heterothele. Weird." The wheels turn a little, but my hamster is geriatric and creaky, so it takes a minute for me to realize that I have a female Heterothele gabonensis. "Be quiet, hamster," I think, "I bought her as a juvenile in May and she molted about a month ago. It can't be her!" Just to satisfy myself, I go look at her enclosure. No sign of babies. No little webs or molts or anything that indicates babies, but she has a very large, nice enclosure with lots of leaf litter. Hmm. So I grab my jeweler's loupe and examine the tiny foundling up close and personal. It has parallel fangs and the hint of the Heterothele opisthosoma pattern. No way. Talking aloud to myself ("no way. No possible way. It can't be...") the whole time, I proceed to dismantle my female's beautiful enclosure and dig down to her lair. Guess what I found? The tiniest, most perfect egg sac ever. No way. [ATTACH=full]21685[/ATTACH] So, several hours and one pissed off momma spider later, I have a bunch of delis of Heterothele gabonensis slings. Guess she was old enough, after all. The whole reason I bought her was because I had a few others I was raising. One of my males matured this past week, and given how recently she molted I might have the opportunity to do this all over again very soon. The cause of the trouble, christened "Mary" [ATTACH=full]21686[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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