Centruroides nigrescens breeding project.

Thanks Envyizm.

I'm pretty sure I've got it under control, but if something comes up I'll definitely drop you a PM.

Hey just wanted to ask you how your female was doing? It's been a while.

Patcho wrote:

Hey just wanted to ask you how your female was doing? It's been a while.

It's not even been a week since he last posted patchy

Haha, hey guys.

She's doing great. Nothing new other than she now seems to enjoy hanging upside down from the screen for some reason.  

thegromgrom wrote:

Patcho wrote:

Hey just wanted to ask you how your female was doing? It's been a while.

It's not even been a week since he last posted patchy

Oh hey...so it has. Guess I didn't see.

Guess who popped!

Looks to be a fairly small brood, I'm guessing there's less than a dozen. I'm not sure if she's done yet though. I'll try to get a count some time tomorrow.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Just an update.

It appears that most, if not all the slings have molted to 2nd instar. At this point they have not yet dismounted from the mother. I still haven't been able to get a good count, but I'll try this weekend, which is when I plan to separate them from the mother.

Good news!

Thanks!

I still haven't gotten a chance to get an accurate count but it is a pretty small brood, and thus unfortunately I will not be selling any of these.

Now, hopefully she'll produce at least a second group of offspring, in which case I'll be sure to send some to you guys.

Hi guys, just another update for you.

It looks like there's a chance she might actually be gravid again. She's looking pretty pudgy even though she hasn't eaten in a while. I'll keep you guys updated.

I haven't updated this in a while.

Well she WAS gravid but unfortunately all of her brood was undeveloped except one, which then died shortly after. So that was pretty disappointing.

She is gravid again though, so fingers crossed.   

Scorpion19981000 wrote:

She is gravid again though, so fingers crossed.   

Typical Centruroides...getting knocked up non-stop.   

Haha, yeah she's a bit of a nymphomaniac.

Well, that was the shortest "gestation" period ever. All eggs, no baby scorps. So that was pretty disappointing.

I'm going to introduce the male again sometime in mid to late September, after I move into an apartment.

Man, that's lame. I'm sorry that happened. You can't catch a break with these guy's, huh?

Yeah. I figured I'd separate them until after I move. Hopefully I'll have better luck next time.

I would obviously reexamine your methods. She is able to give birth so she is not sterile. I would adjust your heat and moisture for her as she is getting not enough of either

The temp is fine. The humidity did drop for a couple days when I was away from my house. Whether this in and of itself was enough to cause the premature birth, I don't know.

Now, it could be due to stress from various other sources. My house was just sold, and we've had a lot of people come through. We also had to due some renovations on the house, and move furniture. While I've done the best I can under the circumstances to keep the disturbances to a minimum, some were unavoidable. I believe the various disturbances caused to to give birth prematurely.

I should say that I wouldn't have even attempted to breed them if I had known all this stuff would be going on. My parents are getting divorced you see.

Not just that brood. Youve had alot of broods that have went bad. SOMETHING is the matter. I am not trying to grill you just saying there is some element that is up causing her to abort her broods (and other issues). Or maybe shes just weird