When you see the spider/bee wobble how do you feel & what do you do to cope with it.

Yes I know they are normal, and I love the spider morph and i recently (Today) just received my bee. He is one of the best morphs out there really, just a hunk of a bee :-)

He does have a wobble and I noticed something common between my old spider and this new bee is they are really more restless moving around more compared to the hatchling normal and pastel when they arrived. Well I know he is still adjusting so I shouldn't expect him to settle down right away.

Then of course I saw the wobble, which was from stress of the trip.

I can't help but feel sad though when I see them wobble.. It's just human nature I guess that leads me to feel this way.

What do you do to cope up with this feeling when you see yours wobble?

I laugh at them a bit sometimes, because they're a little uncoordinated and goofy. It doesn't appear to bother them, so why should it bother us?

If they were bothered, they would show signs of stress, such as poor appetite, failure to breed, etc. They show no signs of stress at all--they tend to be good eaters and good breeders.

I think perhaps it reminds some people of tragic disabilities such as MS and Parkinson's disease, and that's why they feel uncomfortable about it. But it isn't a real disability for a snake that will live its life as a pet.

Very good way at looking at situation :) as long as they eat, sleep, breed regularly they are ok. Thanks! :)

I know its a minor problem that is part of that morph, but to me its just not my cup of tea. The one thing I do like about spiders and combos are the colors which are phenomenal. The closest I have come to keeping a spider is a woma which luckily has not shown any wobbles at all. My wife does want a few for pets, and yes I will most likely be getting them for her, but she feels the same about not breeding them.

whats a wobble?

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Originally Posted by blueberrypancakes

whats a wobble?

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The wobble is a trait of the spider morph. Some people view it as a defect, some call it a quirk. Some wobble more than others and the wobble can manifest in various degrees from almost unnoticeable to what looks like out of control spinning. Do a youtube search for spider wobble and you will find videos of it.

I have been thinking a lot about expanding my collection and picking up some bp morphs to possibly start a breeding project recently. I've always been of the opinion that I don't want to add a spider to my collection specifically because of the wobble, but with the combos they make and the fact that the wobbles don't seem to bother the snake at all, I am starting to consider them...

I haven't seen my spider wobble yet. Hopefully he wont develop a wobble as he gets older. He's still very young.

Womas also wobble, though not as severely as spiders. If you ever move, or your Woma experiences unusual stress, he could start doing it, too.
Not all individual animals will show signs, but any spider or woma morph can, at any point in their life.

I don't know whether the hidden gene woma/type 2 woma wobbles, but because the Pearl has a severe and debilitating wobble, I'll bet that they do, too.

Something about that crazy pattern all these morphs share must affect a gene that is involved with the nervous system or inner ear.

I hear that Woma has proven dominant. I'd be curious as to whether the super-woma has a significant wobble.

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Originally Posted by muzikfreakah

...as long as they eat, sleep, breed regularly they are ok...

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See they aren't that different from us :)

Mike

Super womas (pearls)are not viable so they do not survive.

I personally don't have a problem with spider wobble mine feed like champs just sometimes miss and shake when about to strike prey. They look healthy and behave healthy.