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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VanessaS" data-source="post: 80713" data-attributes="member: 4948">Unfortunately, there is no formula for moulting.  Spiderlings will moult the most, by the time they are juveniles they will have slowed down moulting, and adults sometimes go for three years between moults. They moult more as very small spiderlings because that is when they are at their most vulnerable to predators and they need to grow out of that stage.  Once they reach a decent juvenile size - they have less predators.  As adults, with their nasty urticating hairs, they have far fewer issues with predators.Sometimes keeping them a bit on the warmer side will help trigger a moult. I have also had people suggest that keeping the enclosure a bit more humid will help.  I just keep them at a constant temperature, and always have a full dish of water on hand, and I just keep begging them to moult.Begging really doesn't work.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>