My A. Versicolor made a phantom egg sac!

[Fuzzball79]

My A. Versicolor recently hid away for a few months which is very unlike her. I thought she'd moulted although she never pushed the old skin out. Turns out she had made and nursed a phantom egg sac and this morning she'd put it next to her water dish.
I know it's not a fertile one, because I've had her from sling/juvie and she's never been with a male, but didn't know tarantulas do that . It's very fascinating (although my husband is a bit freaked and insists I put the sac in the freezer before sealing it in a bag and binning it lol).

At least I know now that she's 100% female

 

[Enn49]

Aww, bless her. All that work for nothing.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Aww, bless her. All that work for nothing.

I know, but she's not getting a male lol. She'll remain virgin.

 

[Enn49]

I know, but she's not getting a male lol. She'll remain virgin.

I'm with you there, I don't want to breed either

 

[Phil]

My A. Versicolor recently hid away for a few months which is very unlike her. I thought she'd moulted although she never pushed the old skin out. Turns out she had made and nursed a phantom egg sac and this morning she'd put it next to her water dish.
I know it's not a fertile one, because I've had her from sling/juvie and she's never been with a male, but didn't know tarantulas do that . It's very fascinating (although my husband is a bit freaked and insists I put the sac in the freezer before sealing it in a bag and binning it lol).

At least I know now that she's 100% female

A mature female versi I had several years ago did this too and strangely enough, in the same enclosure a praying mantis (after the versi died naturally). Was in my daughters bedroom both times so maybe it's an estrogen thing......lol

 

[Fuzzball79]

Well, my spiders are in the living room, but suppose if you count the non-human females in our house (1 dog, so far 7 out of 9 confirmed female tarantulas) estrogen could be floating around lol.

 

[Phil]

Well, my spiders are in the living room, but suppose if you count the non-human females in our house (1 dog, so far 7 out of 9 confirmed female tarantulas) estrogen could be floating around lol.

I have 4 daughters so I can almost smell it......although they do try to mask it with all sorts of perfume....lol

 

[Fuzzball79]

I have 4 daughters so I can almost smell it......although they do try to mask it with all sorts of perfume....lol

I have 3 sons, it's not testosterone yet (maybe with my oldest, he's 14), but I can DEFINITELY smell something from their rooms, and it's not pretty lol

 

[Phil]

I have 3 sons, it's not testosterone yet (maybe with my oldest, he's 14), but I can DEFINITELY smell something from their rooms, and it's not pretty lol

Ha ha ha ha.......I bet it ain't!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Ha ha ha ha.......I bet it ain't!

Well, my oldest has a sign on his door saying toxic dump for a reason.

 

[Phil]

Well, my oldest has a sign on his door saying toxic dump for a reason.

Yeah.....all the warning signs are there for a whole world of sensory pain!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Yeah.....all the warning signs are there for a whole world of sensory pain!

I remember when we stayed in an Army camp in Northern Ireland a squadron of Royal Marines bunked in the gym hall for the marching season support. It was nice from a purely aesthetic POV watching a bunch of well built soldiers (well, technically sailors ) exercising, but you couldn't walk by the gym without a hazmat suit and respirator lol.

 

[kormath]

febreeze.... It's the only way i can go into my son's room for more than a few minutes at a time. I can't hold my breath for much longer than that