Brachypelma albopilosum mating- FAILED. WARNING-GRUESOME IMAGES!!!

Failed Brachypelma albopilosum mating. WARNING-GRUESOME IMAGES!

MISTAKE:
The BIG mistake I made was allowing the female to approach the male without any sign by the female of receptiveness towards the male. She should have not come as close to the male as she did without giving the male some sort of response to the male's taping. Also her approach of a predatory one instead of a mating approach.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Failed
• Brachypelma
• albopilosum
• mating
• male
• attacks
• dies
• kills

[jcv4200]

Guys, concerning allowing the male being eaten, beleive me I tried all I could to protect the male. The only way I would ever allow the male to be eaten is in the case that the female's fangs puncture the carapace. Once this happens, there is no way the male will survive. I'd be a waste not to allow the male to be eaten. He will just die a slow and pointless death.

There is only so fast you can move/do in a tarantula pairings, the best thing you can do is time your matings correctly.

[jla2358]

Not meaning to be mean or cruel but it would have been more beneficial if you just let the female eat him. By prying her off the male, you could have seriously hurt the female. This is how nature is. If she decides to eat him, let her. She gets the nutrients and then you try again. Males don't live that long anyway. I'm not heartless. This really does suck. I would be very upset to the point of tears but I would have just let him go. Once the fangs go into the carapace or abdomen, game over.

[jcv4200]

@jla2358 I completly agree. I did think of letting him get eaten, but the male was not mine, plus emotion took over. Next time it happends, I will let the females decide his fate. Although if she has only injures his legs, I will intervene.

[Tornupto96]

did he died?

[jcv4200]

@Tornupto96 Yes. He died one day later.

[AdamC316]

Man that sucks =( She didnt even give any warning she was going to strike either. Shame he passed. Good luck with future attempts dude.

[jcv4200]

@AdamC316 Thanks. The only indication she did give of not being mating receptive was her predatory approach toward the male.

[pspeas]

wow...Im trying to breed my G. roseas, but the male and the female are just ignoring each other!! Male did spermweb, do you know why??

[Jack5458]

@jcv4200 Was the person mad that his tarantula died or was he like sad since i always ask that lol

[MolettiDiSardo]

Sometimes we learn more from failure than from success since failure leads to greater reflection. Have you considered putting a divider between them like mesh to see first if they look receptive? And remove it if they do?

[VaatiTheWindDemon]

@websuspect Thanks for telling me. I learned that during mating, a female is usually more interested in a snack than mating.

[websuspect]

@VaatiTheWindDemon In the video he is drumming.

[Leon119]

This is just a risk you have to take when mating, when it happens it does indeed suck. People may give you crap for prying the female off, but I do understand that it's one of the most difficult things to do to just sit back and watch it happen. I do hope future attempts go well for you, man. Much respect to you! 

[JoeCobraT]

oooo nnooo, poor tarantula

[VaatiTheWindDemon]

@jcv4200 I completely agree with you now, it would have been better to let him go, I didn't understand before but now I understand what you were comming from. You didn't want the male to suffer through the process of the Tarantula's acidic poison. It would have been best to let him get eaten so that he wouldn't have been in that much pain. @jla2358 Sorry for you're loss, my rabbit died from a seisor or heart attack and we were sad about it too, ;(

[VaatiTheWindDemon]

@jcv4200 Was he drumming, that is the only way for a female to accept a males request for......well....you...know...­.sex.

[esolivan]

I'd be so pissed !!!