u/thykarmabenill

Black widow babies?

Hi, I have a lovely black widow that my boyfriend and I relocated from the top of my bathroom door into a terrarium and made her a little habitat and feed her flies and crickets. She got quite plump and now seems to be making an egg sac. I've never really kept a spider as a pet before and I mostly did this so she could live in a location that was safe for both her and us. But I have no idea what to do with her babies.

I don't like killing anything I don't have to but I am also not prepared to care for hundreds of venemous spiders. Any suggestions on what to do with them aside from killing them?

If I just release them into my yard, am I setting myself or my cats up for getting accidentally bitten or will they find places to hide without getting bothered by us? My cats are mostly inside but they do go into my back yard frequently.

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u/thykarmabenill — 3 days ago