hurry up

[matthew spooner]

hi guys, one reason i was particularly looking forward to christmas is that christmas day ish is the usual date for my adult female b.smithi to moult. it is now into the new year and the cow hasnt even gone into pre moult, which with her is usually a few weeks b4 the event, i am getting impatient as she is absolutely stunning fresh from a moult. any ideas why she's holding it back?

[Colin D Wilson]

Well apart from the usual influences through out the year, food availablilty, water availability, temp and humidity etc being just right ......i just think she's trying to wind you up Matt

[Ray Hale]

In my experience Tarantulas can be infuriating. You could try the old trick of cleaning her out and changing the substrate. It works for me.

[Phil Rea]

Maybe the leap second at the end of last year has confused her

[Colin D Wilson]

Maybe the leap second at the end of last year has confused her

Count down to the new year being 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1,

[Nicola Dolby]

You did get her a present I presume? Remember spiders are for life..........AND CHRISTMAS!!!!!

[matthew spooner]

thanks for the replies guys.
colin.. if she is trying to wind me up, she is succeeding, lil cow lol
ray.... cleaned her out only about 2 months ago, it needed doing so i did it before i was expecting her to go into pre moult as i didnt want to disturb her.
nicola.... she did get a present, i get all my Ts a mouse or rat depending on size as a christmas treat. i didnt get her one as i was expecting her to be in pre moult but luckily one of my other Ts is in pre moult and didnt want hers so the smithi got it instead.
moral of the story... never work with children or animals, they never do as you expect, i just wish she would hurry up as i have a matured male i am being loaned and wanna get her reproducing lol

[Richard Shah]

hi guys, one reason i was particularly looking forward to christmas is that christmas day ish is the usual date for my adult female b.smithi to moult. it is now into the new year and the cow hasnt even gone into pre moult, which with her is usually a few weeks b4 the event, i am getting impatient as she is absolutely stunning fresh from a moult. any ideas why she's holding it back?

Lol, that's just of their own accord mate. Are you still considering moving?

[KJ Vezino]

As they get older it is common for B. smithi (and many others) to skip a year for their molt. Maybe yours has gotten big enough that she is only going to molt every two years?

My adult E. campestratus only molts every two years.

[matthew spooner]

thats probably what it is then, guess im just gonna have to wait another year.
hey rich, ye i am still trying but it aint all goin to plan at the moment. hopefully by summer i will be gone. im not moving there permanently now though, i plan on living and working there for a total of 6months and 1 week minimum of the year in total, that way i wont have to pay tax when i work in this country for the other 5 months, sneaky sneaky lol

[Richard Shah]

thats probably what it is then, guess im just gonna have to wait another year.
hey rich, ye i am still trying but it aint all goin to plan at the moment. hopefully by summer i will be gone. im not moving there permanently now though, i plan on living and working there for a total of 6months and 1 week minimum of the year in total, that way i wont have to pay tax when i work in this country for the other 5 months, sneaky sneaky lol

Lol, that's mad but don't they accumalate it after you've spent two periods of six months here, making twelve months and therefore twelve taxable months? And do you plan to actually change citizenship?
Any way good luck with that though, same island?

[matthew spooner]

the tax year runs from april to april, aslong as i am in this country for less den 6 months between april to april, i wont have to pay tax, and yeah same place

[Richard Shah]

the tax year runs from april to april, aslong as i am in this country for less den 6 months between april to april, i wont have to pay tax, and yeah same place

Oh yeah my bad I knew that.
Well good luck with finding a job and moving there any way.

[matthew spooner]

cheers, i hope it goes well, i cant afford to live in this country for much longer

[Richard Shah]

cheers, i hope it goes well, i cant afford to live in this country for much longer

Mentally or financially?