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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ratmosphere" data-source="post: 239869" data-attributes="member: 4031">With my AI opinion to the side, I would like to respond to OP's question.You have a mature male which usually don't live that long after reaching maturity. However, some species could live years after maturing. I will help you prolong your MM's life.Make sure your guy has access to fresh water at all times. During his mature life, he will slowly stop eating prey and his movements will slow down. Make sure to remove all uneaten prey items from the enclosure if he doesn't eat them within a few hours. If he refuses food for weeks at a time, you could pre-kill a cricket and offer it to him. I like to split the cricket down the middle and run the juices on the mouthparts of the male. This usually encourages the tarantula to finally eat. You want to put him in a small enclosure to prolong his life. If put in a large enclosure, he will wander and become exhausted. Mature males are best kept in cooler environments, so 70 degrees will work for him. A heat mat is totally unnecessary in this situation and will help speed run to him passing away.</blockquote>