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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hagraven" data-source="post: 219965" data-attributes="member: 39019">Thanks! I had only a single successful pairing, afterwhich my male hid himself away for days and from that point on made no more sperm webs. He is very old as far as I can tell and I think in the short time I've gotten to care for him he's given us all he can and now just has to deal with my endlessly photographing him lol.The change of seasons lined up really well with the timing of pairing and the weather outside naturally has gotten colder and colder. Even with the heat kicking on in the spider room it is still a few degrees colder, especially at night, than during the weeks prior to pairing. Lots of guess work on my part but I am hoping it will be sufficient to encourage her. And thank you for your advice on leaving her be after spotting an egg sac. I'll make sure the water dish and enclosure humidity are well and set when I see the sac and then I'll leave her alone for that time.The Dwarf Whites are definitely my biggest worry. My partner and I had wondered if offering the critters food, only to remove it (with them onboard) might very slowly cut down the isopod numbers, but what of the ones I'll miss? And what of the ones who eat and then go on to repopulate, making the culling endeavor fruitless? It's a simple problem with way too many moving parts (again I'm kicking myself). And again, I'd be fine to now rehouse her temporarily, but would the stress of the move bother her enough to interfere with the healthy development of an egg sac?Have you had your Isopods in with a gravid female? Did they seem interested in her egg sac? And if so, had you been offering them food in the days prior to her cultivating her sac? Thanks for your time!</blockquote>

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