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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 39263" data-attributes="member: 1070">HelloI will give my view,but in NO WAY a rule since I firmly believe the tarantula hobby is still in infancy. I have tried this with Poecilotheria Metallica,and some other pokies and I haven't seen any beneficial behaviour different from just adding the male. With other specimens like haplopelma even lampropelma,having the male sit there but nothing more could actually cause an opposite effect. I will do my setup as follows- Use a larger cage - Add enough food pre breeding(male and female)- insuring there is sufficient water as well,happy female possible alive male. - make sure the area is low light - make sure least traffic through the area,so a quiet area- No disturbance after the male is added- Poecilotheria or Monocentropus,I leave the male to co inhabit. These are some things I do,but like in said no rule at all. There are some other minor things I do as well,but that is just a quick run through. So I hope this sheds some light on how I do it,love to see topics like these others can read and maybe share or ask questions.</blockquote>