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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain Firecat" data-source="post: 38833" data-attributes="member: 3530">Thanks Morgan <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Another question: gender - humongous deal or...? I know males live a fraction as long as females, but in a way that's appealing as my first spider... I'll do my best, but, well... I'd feel slightly worse if a pet that had 18 years left to live died than one that had 4 or 5.  BUT I've read males are miserable as once they hid adulthood they just look for females (and never find them). How true is that? Does it vary with species?I ask as almost every spider I've seen online that is young is unsexed, does it matter?</blockquote>