Inbreeding

[Grammostola]

Does anyone in this hobby think that inbreeding of tarantulas is an issue like is there a lot of inbred tarantulas in circulation

 

[tcrave]

Its very hard to know for sure. for sibling breeding is pretty much impossible due to the fast growth rate of males. the males will already have died before the sibling female has reached maturity. but for son to mom its possible and only way to know if its documented males are known which mothers they come from and bred back to them.

 

[hellknite]

I think that's nature's way of lessening inbreeding. But it is possible to happen in the wild. I think that inbreeding has lesser effects on invertebrates, but again, this is only my personal view.

 

[Josh]

I'm also of the impression that inbreeding invertebrates doesn't have as many negative impacts as on vertebrates.

 

[hellknite]

It's like our colony of captive roaches.. high possibility of inbreeding but still flourishing.

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Agree, from everything I have seen, inbreeding doesn't affect invertebrates much.
I have also had females mature before males when kept in communals (Assuming to keep the "species" going in the enclosed environment.