shakey spiders...

Nah, they just walk in circles all the time.

Oh ok, like mice that have ear infections and equilibrium problems. Poor things! I'll stick with my long-haireds, frizzies, and brindle mice. Walking in straight lines are important! :)

They're a genetic strain of mice that always exhibit this behavior:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...745422,00.html

http://sminthophile.blogspot.com/200...ning-mice.html

I know, I'm familiar with the different strains of lab mice, just not that one.

Have had a few rats that were influence by the Zucker gene. It's.. interesting, to say the least. Imagine Pearl from Blade(the grossly obese vampire) as a rat.. Yep!

my spider doesnt do any of that, but I heard spiders can develope a tick or twitch sometimes

well i wasnt aware of this behaviour when i purchased her. i checked her out and she was in shed so she was a little shy and i even checked her out at a previous show a couple months before and she looked fine and didnt shake. i wasnt told that she was "shakey" before the purchase but when i notified the breeder he said it was nothing to worry about. she hasnt ate for me yet and it has been three weeks now.


so i hope its nothing to worry about. i feel a little better after hearing all these responses. now hopefully i just get her to eat for me!

thanks guys!

Thats actually kinda cool...
makes me want a spider even more just to see it in person!

My little spider proved slightly stubborn over his first meal with me, too. He finally settled on a live rat pup scented with live mouse. lol

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Originally Posted by MPenn

If it could be, it would have been done by now with all the crosses and more spiders that have been produced.

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I'd assert that you are correct because it doesn't appear in other morphs/normals that are produced from spiders. If it started appearing in other morphs/normals then we'd all have a huge problem. That'd mean it was a flaw in the genetics of the original spider lines, separate from the spider gene itself, that propagated through the captive bred population. It would have the potential to eventually effect all captive bred ball pythons. One thing would be certain: it would be very difficult to breed out unless all breeders agreed to end all current lines and start from scratch with WC.

Either way, people who are super eager to breed their snakes should be responsible and only breed them if they're healthy and physiologically normal. Otherwise somewhere down the road people might not be able to get a healthy ball python, similar to what has happened with some breeds of dog.

Luckily this specific trait seems to be benign.

When I read stuff like this it scares the :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: out of me.

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Originally Posted by jwarriner

I'd assert that you are correct because it doesn't appear in other morphs/normals that are produced from spiders. If it started appearing in other morphs/normals then we'd all have a huge problem.

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http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...7&page=3&pp=10
1st and 2nd post