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I know i am going to sound like an idiot, but what is the spider wobble that everyone is talking about? i have never been around any spiders and i am curious. Tosha where you at pn this one? you always give god answers, lol

The spider wobble can be anything from a slight tilt of the head (like dogs do when the look at you) to stargazing or tremors (usually when excited during feeding) to flopping to the side or an inability to right themselves or literally crawling upside down. A lot of it is cute oddities some of it is disturbing. If you want to work with spiders you need to be prepared for both.

Some would like you to believe that all spiders have it -- but there are lots of spiders that don't -- there was a lot of early propaganda against the spider that has kind of stuck with it. It's not an inbred thing - some believe its a neurological disorder -- but not to long ago someone posted a bunch of research that would support it not being neurological -- but something else. Mostly we just don't know and it doesn't appear that anyone is willing to fund proper research.

It's not generally detected until the snake is a couple hundred grams -- some snakes have been known to "grow out of it." It is possible that any snake that exhibits the spider trait (including crosses like bumblebees, spinners, etc.) can have the wobble -- can pass the wobble onto it's offspring -- regardless of whether or not said snake itself wobbles or the degree of wobble it has.

Off the top of my head that is the spider wobble.
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Tosha
JET Pythons

that was a very knowlegable and in-depth answer Tosha, it is very much appreciated, i was actually thinking of buying a spider male for bredding urposes and was just curious. thanks a a bundle