I have a T.blondi who moulted on 26/7/2009 ,she kept me waiting for more than three years and finally moulted on 13/05/2012.
She had loss of fluid from her abdomen during pre-moult and ended up with a nasty looking scab.
I minimised her feeding as not to let the abdomen swell too much and too my suprise :ohmy: noticed her moulting this morning.
Had a look see and all is well
Truly amaizing creatures they are.

Great Scott, 3 years that is just wack :reallysick:
Longest I've had is somewhere in the line of 16 months. That freaked me out!!! how about 3 years????? :igiveup:

I have two P.miranda that are taking flipping forever to molt.

Most my other pokies molt really quick when under 12cm, but these two..haaaiii, they just don't wanna.

One of them molted last month finally, but the second one has gone nearly six months now and counting. For an 8 or so cm pokie, that seems long to me.

My G. rosea hasn't moulted for 13 months now, and who knows when she did before that as she was pet store bought.

In her great little book The Legacy of Annie Rose , Carolyn Swagerle reports in Chapter 27, "Annie Molts," that as of the publication of the book, Annie (a Grammostola rosea - Chilean rose) had gone about 3-1/2 years in intermolt. I am currently checking with her about an accurate molting date and will get back to you with a precise length of time when one is available.

Very old, female tarantulas often begin to miss every second molt near the ends of their lives. It's almost like a stutter before they finally shut down for keeps.

But, female Brachypelma emilia (Mexican redleg tarantula) often begin to molt only every second year shortly after they become sexually mature, decades before they die of old age!

And, our little 8-legged wonders obviously don't read THE BOOK! :igiveup:

(Or, any of them for that matter!)

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Carolyn got back to me about Annie Rose's molting schedule.

Explanation Date Length (Y, M, D) Days (D)

First molt in captivity: July 12, 2004
Next molt: August 11, 2008 4 years, 30 days 1491
Last molt: July 27, 2011 2 years, 11 months, 16 days 1080

Length (Y, M, D) is the number of years, months and days between molts.
Days (D) is the actual number of days taking into consideration Leap Years and the months' variable length.
But, somebody should check my calendar math to make sure I didn't make a mistake.

Can anyone beat this for a record?

The longest I've seen myself is my G. Rosea. Five years back I waited for her to drop an egg sac, and waited, and waited some more. I got worried as it was getting to a point that she were due for a molt, but nothing happened. And then two years and a month later, she molted finally. Needless to say, no egg sac though. But ever since she gave me an egg sac every year after and molted on time.

Patience is one thing that the T's do test me on. Not my strongest point though.
But I love them and that's one thing I just have to endure.