Sexing

[Richard Simmonds]

Hi to all,
After having my first experiance of my B. smithi moulting, whats the best way of checking what sex my little girl is??????????????? Or Man.

[Mikhail F. Bagaturov]

Hello Richard!
The best way of sexing is Your personal experienced or somebody else who can do it well... like one of BTS certifying specialist.
In fact there're two ways can be used, both are scientifically based. Someothers also may gives You a clue but only if You practice hard withe em and prove or reject their usefullness.
The brief summary of different methods known so far from the different ways are selected here: http://tarantulas.tropica.ru/en/node/586
Hope this would be useful for You!

[Colin D Wilson]

I believe i have read somewhere in this forum that Michael Jacobi provides a free service for sexing moults, you basically send it to america and when he has time he will discover the sex of your animal.
I mention it's a free service but in my opinion i would send a few dollars for the man to either have a drink, or donate to whatever he sees fit.
I don't think you get the moults back as he would probably use chemicals to soften and stretch the moult, if you did want it back it would more than likely be in a bit of a mess.
You could try and contact him through this forum, i have found he is quite approachable (and knowledgeable)