I have been trying to get in touch with some of the major breeders and get opinions or evidence one way or the other. So far only one breeder has given me a responce to this topic, and since I didn't ask to use this as a public quote, so I will not be using the breeders name. I will say I have E-mailed NERD, VPI, and a couple others and several days later am still awaiting a reply! My questions are in black and the breeders answers in Red.
> 1. Is wobbling/spinning isolated to just spiders? (Some people are starting to claim pinstripes wobble and spin!)
I have seen it only in Spider and Spider Mutations Such as bees etc.
> 2. Do all spiders seem to have it, the majority, or a minority of them? I would say that the majotrity of them have it to some degree but Not all.
> 3. Does it seem to be genetic or can a perfectly healthy spider produce wobble/spinning off spring or a wobbling spider produce non-wobblers? That seems in my experience to work both ways. Proabaly because non Spinning spiders can be spinners but you dont notice it. I have seen spinners come out of non spinners and I have seen good non spinners come from Spinners. Again I understand with this explination why some believe it is in all spiders to some degree but I still disagree.
> 4. Does it seem to only affect them over a certain period of their life? Yes Some at birth and others after they are a couple hundred grams. Most are not affected at all or just not much at all as adults.again in my experience.
> 5. Is it detrimental to the overall health of the snake? Not at all unless it is so severe that the snake can not eat. that I have never seen. Those would never make it through the first month of life...