The Spider wobble is a danger to everyone around the animal!

My male Albino Spider is starting to go through his wobble phase. Today I opened up his bin to offer him a rat.
As I dangled it in front of him he got very excited as he smelled it (and all you Spider owners know what happens when a wobbler gets excited) and right as he was about to strike his head corkscrewed and his strike went wild, clamping down on the tip of my finger.
Just look at this terrible BP bite damage!
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t...1024/photo.JPG
lol, a shaving nick hurts more than anything these guys can dish out.

Of course it's my fault for not using tongs, but I just thought it was funny the wobble kicked in a just the right time to throw his strike off.

lol, next time tongs tongs tongs

What a horrible battle scar! Your spider must be a fearsome beast! :D

That wild animal is clearly out of control! Will the public be safe? I fear for you:P

Somebody call 911 and a beast wrangler, we've got an out of control one here. LOL sorry he got u, but its good he's eating. I always use tongs, even for the babies.

Aww, the little guy was trying! Lol. Too bad about your gaping wound...

Dude I'm surprised you didn't pass out from blood loss! You may want to get some stitches for that one ;)

That's going to take at least 150 stitches, be happy you still have finger aften an attack like that. :D

:gj:

I don't know how you made it through that, but I'm impressed.

My little spider just started showing her wobbly ways too, but she hasn't drawn blood yet.

Might want to get that stitched up before you bleed out! :D

I'm calling animal control to pick up that monster, for all our sakes!

Lord I wish my encounter 15 minutes ago had been with your wild n crazy spider! Lol

wait, you lived?:confuse:

what is a spider wobble?

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Originally Posted by alysalouise

what is a spider wobble?

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its a nurological disorder in the spider morph, making their head kinda "wobble" back and forth, some have it really bad and wobble constantly, and some you cant notice, usually until feeding time or it gets excited. and im pretty sure kinks can happen with these guys too, which is where the neck is kinked at an angle

"their" As in the snake?
Thats weird, never heard of it

Im new to the whole snake thing lol, well owning a snake that is

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Originally Posted by alysalouise

"their" As in the snake?
Thats weird, never heard of it

Im new to the whole snake thing lol, well owning a snake that is

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try searching youtube, there might be a wobble video in there somewhere

heres one example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQmi...eature=related
im guessing its one of the more extreme cases, but i havent seen many examples, so maybe someone with more experience can enlighten you

Hah, I used to think that, too, about ball python bites. Then my friend Joy showed me her 8 year-old Monty, to ask me if I thought perhaps she was underfeeding? (1 weaned rat per month.) And he BIT my ring finger, and started wrapping himself around my wrist.

It took 5 minutes and a pencil to pry him off. There was a really surprising amount of blood. The bite didn't look too bad cleaned, but my finger was BRUISED for several days afterwards...

I really ought to post the bruise pictures some time. But I didn't think to take any pictures of the blood, dang it.