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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hagraven" data-source="post: 219951" data-attributes="member: 39019">Hi friends,I paired my Chilobrachys Huahini female October 27th. No sac yet, but she is eating really well and I have high hopes! Question 1: I've read that once an egg sac is spotted a keeper should not trouble their spider during those important days before the sac is pulled from the enclosure- but how hands off should one be?I am wondering if keeping up with the water dish and enclosure humidity as normal is not advisable, under the circumstances. Not to say that I would completely abandon that aspect of enclosure maintenance, but should I be a little less attentive (so as to offer a more peaceful environment) until the sac is pulled? Question 2 (please help!!!): I have had dwarf white isopods (and springtails) in her enclosure for months now (since September 12th), though I have not actively fed them, as I had wanted to keep their numbers down...well, recently I heard that these little beasts will possibly not only harm a molting spider, but also, an egg sac! (I've also heard this is a cause for debate, but I am prone to worrying and am so proceeding under a "worse case" scenario mentality, trying to preemptively address a potential problem rather than hoping for the best and taking a chance. And please, if you have success with dwarf whites and tarantulas I think that's awesome! and don't want to say I know better (I definitely do not!) Upset at myself to learn this wayyy too late,  I am not sure what to do to keep the egg sac safe (I am going to rehouse my big girl later on and am not worried at present about her molting). I can think of a few options to keep the sac safe:1. Rehouse her now into an enclosure without the threat of Isopod predation (but will a rehouse event stress her out enough to interfere with the production of an egg sac, this far along (over a month now) from the pairing date, I wonder?)2. At the first sign of the sac, I might feed the Isopods in hopes that they will go for the easy food instead of the egg sac?I want so much to see her and her potential offspring healthy for years to come.Now that I've gotten myself into this tricky spot, I can't thank you all enough in advance for any advice on how to keep my girl and her maybe-babes safe!!!!</blockquote>

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