Just the wobble or something else? Concerned.

I am new to owning ball pythons, but I have researched the care and keeping of them for over a year now. I finally recently got my first BP from a guy that has several healthy snakes. He's a little over 2 years old, healthy size and weight, and I've had him for a week now. Right away, he had a very good shed and I have been trying to stabilize the the temp and humidity so he's comfortable. He didn't eat last weekend, but I know that's not a huge deal because he did just move somewhere new.

Just barely he was frozen like this for about 20 minutes, and it's really freaking me out.

http://imgur.com/a/B0BuZ
(Blue photo because of his UVB)

Now, he IS a Mojave spider, so I know that it could be part of his little head wobble, but I don't want to take any chances. He's stuck his head out of his hide before, but he hasn't "stargazed" like this really. Thank you in advance to anyone who knows anything about this behavior.

I break that gaze immediately. It's called umm star gazing. Just break the gaze. They will return to normal. Its really weird. And yes scary

It's called star gazing!
With spiders it's said to be very normal. They are spacey and weird, I know a guy who's owned many spiders and it has never bothered his snake. My spider does little backwards head loops like a slow summersault. I find it very endearing and I have very little concern for how weird she is since it's just genetic :)

Thank you SO much. I needed to hear that. I'm keeping a close eye on him since he's a little more vulnerable to illness with the move and new environment and such, but I won't worry so much now. The head wobble is pretty adorable, actually. THank you!

For those that own spiders. Spiders are a wonderful tool. There are tons of questions on here asking "is my ball python stressed". Spiders are blessed or cursed depending on how you want to look at it with a built in stress indicator known as the wobble which specimens have to varying degrees. The demonstration of wobble symptoms is a strong indicator that the animal is worked up about something. There is good stress and bad stress. The animal could be hungry, uncomfortable, looking for love, afraid, etc. My spiders have taught me more about ball python husbandry and behaviors than all the other animals in my collection combined. If my spiders are not symptomatic odds are everything is right in their world. So, if you catch your spider acting out, take a minute and see if you can figure out what has gotten them excited. You will learn a lot.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

For those that own spiders. Spiders are a wonderful tool. There are tons of questions on here asking "is my ball python stressed". Spiders are blessed or cursed depending on how you want to look at it with a built in stress indicator known as the wobble which specimens have to varying degrees. The demonstration of wobble symptoms is a strong indicator that the animal is worked up about something. There is good stress and bad stress. The animal could be hungry, uncomfortable, looking for love, afraid, etc. My spiders have taught me more about ball python husbandry and behaviors than all the other animals in my collection combined. If my spiders are not symptomatic odds are everything is right in their world. So, if you catch your spider acting out, take a minute and see if you can figure out what has gotten them excited. You will learn a lot.

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When I wobble, it usually means that I'm drunk.