Basically what it boils down to is, get a female and a male put them together and learn :blink:

Another thing.
Don't expect some of the big breeders to give you exact details.
Lots of them are doing this for a living, so it is in their best interest to obviously keep details to themselves (And I fully understand and support this) to protect their income. Some have worked for years on perfecting the finer details so its their right to keep a few secrets.
If you were the only one that had the secret to drawing wine from rocks, would you share it?

Basically yes.

I have been keeping T's for only a year and a half now, and only now am I busy with my first breeding attempt with Holothele Incei. After dong some research I found out that this is a relatively easy species to breed so was a good choice to start with because they have communal tendencies. In this case I searched out and bought a Mature Female and kept her with some other H.Incei for a few weeks and then introduced the Mature Male. After speaking to a few breeders I was advised that with this species you let the Male and Female cohabit during the entire process and let nature do it's thing. H Incei are known to be rather good parents so again the advice I received was to leave the Female alone once she has laid her egg case and that she will take care of the young for me.

So there is a lesson already that we can all learn from. There are species that need to be separated when they have mated, and others that can cohabit safely. There are also species that seem to have an inclination to eat their egg cases if things are not ideal, so we should be pro-active and remove it to incubate it artificially to find success. And then there are the species that are known to be really good parents and that will raise their young perfectly without interference.

I have tons to learn, and the only way I am going to learn it, is to do it. But I agree with Cerat, don't get all involved with breeding if it's not why you are in the hobby. Sure breeding is fun and exciting, but don't let it be the only reason you are keeping T's. It's definitely not MY reason for keeping T's, and I know i'm telling the truth because I sit and stare at my T enclosures longer than I would like to admit, I can't get enough of their behaviors, characters and antics. And it's a fact, you never know what you will see/learn from one day to the next.

These creatures are awesome.

HS

A great Idea and raises the problem as Ceratogyrus states.

"dont expect every one to give there secrets" Its a valid point but are we in this for the money or the hobby!?!?!?!?

I mean really now WTF? This Post is a great idea and all secrets should be on the table so the hobby can grow and let the pet shops who sell T's only for money worry about money grabbing.

The more T's are out there the faster the hobby will grow. I keep reading arguments on this one selling for profit and being bad mouthed by others.
If we can breed the "hard to find species" and make them more available its better for everyone in the hobby.

Or am I mistaken and Nieve... Is it about ego, who is the best? Well I have a "" T and its so rare I have the only one in the country and I aint sharing because it makes my collection better?

Some times feels like a grade 2 play ground very sad indeed

Again im not stepping on toes just stating what is holding this hobby back. And there are breeders that go out of there way to share and get the rare T's out to everyone. There should be more of you and you know who you are

HeteroScuderia wrote: Basically yes.

It's definitely not MY reason for keeping T's, and I know i'm telling the truth because I sit and stare at my T enclosures longer than I would like to admit, I can't get enough of their behaviors, characters and antics. And it's a fact, you never know what you will see/learn from one day to the next.

These creatures are awesome.

HS

Agree 100%
After feeding 100 odd spiders last night I got stuck for an hour watching my A.junodi sitting outside her burrow cleaning herself. Awesome!

Onyx wrote: A great Idea and raises the problem as Ceratogyrus states.

"dont expect every one to give there secrets" Its a valid point but are we in this for the money or the hobby!?!?!?!?

Some people are in it for money (And a living), so they have every right to make cash from it. I am not breeding spiders for a living, but I am most definately going to charge more for rare species.

Onyx wrote: I mean really now WTF? This Post is a great idea and all secrets should be on the table so the hobby can grow and let the pet shops who sell T's only for money worry about money grabbing.

What about the overhead costs that petshops have? I was considering buying a petshop and decided against it because it is almost impossible to break even just considering electricity and rent.
What about the private breeders who had some foresight and bought rare species 3 years ago? Do they not have the right to make their money back after years of carefully looking after the spiders?

Like I said, its not as simple as a recipe in a cook book when it comes to breeding rare tarantulas. And if people have spent years researching and numerous failures when it comes to breeding, it is their right to protect or share their intellectual property. When you have the know how one day after 3 years, it will be your call to make.