Taking another look at the "spider wobble"

well it makes sense that a baby would be loopy and what not because they would be more prone to being stressed, then out grow it, i mean we all see that with most of our snakes.

as for being normal and then turning loopy later in life, i doubt it but, has anyone tried changing things up to see if there any improvement over a couple of months? add foliage to the cage and w/e else you could think of? It would be hard to really make a good observation about it tho, because once you take them out to see how they are doing, that could be the trigger that stresses them out.

guess my theory can't really be proven one way or another... thx for the input guys

I've had my 08 male spider since he was 2 months old and all I can say is that he has had the same minimal wobble all his life. He doesn't do it with breeding but during feeding time he bobs his head back and forth. He misses live food but is right on target with f/t food. Nothings changed, it's always been the same slight bob all his life.

Its an interesting topic and there are so many different theories. I also agree that stress brings out wobbles and loopies (very scientific terms :rofl:) either from housing or improper husbandry.

We have three spiders and a bee. Our first female spider we've had since '08 and her first set up was a Boaphile Plastics cage, 24Lx24Dx11.5H. When she cruised the cage she spun pretty bad and would loop back over her self. Once she moved to the 41qt tub, 6" high, black rack she didn't show any sign of looping (even when fed). I've always thought it was due to the height dimensions of each enclosure and general "safe" feeling of the rack set up.

Again, our bee didn't wobble hardly at all when we first got him. He started off in the 6qt tub and he had a bit of a looping issue at feeding time but generally it wasn't noticeable. When he was moved up to the "bachelors" rack (32qt tubs, white rack) his looping became more exaggerated (especially at feeding time). He has a great feeding response still but I worry sometimes he will strike, miss and hit himself. Our big male spider is also in the 32qt. rack but doesn't have any wobble or looping issues.

Finally, our '10 female spider (daughter of our big male spider) shows no signs of a wobble at all either. She's in the 6qt hatchling rack still. It will be interesting to see if one manifests itself when she's moved to the yearling rack (32qt tubs, white).

My '10 Spider has no signs outside of feeding. However, when he feeds, thank god he isn't in the wild lol, I don't think he could hit the side of a barn if he was a few inches from it!