Fun Pics and Wicked Wobble Video DUW!

So I may have posted a few of these before but was bored and I have a few new ones to post including a video of my spider and his wicked wobble.

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Dinker male eating. Love his pattern.

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Black Pastel literally bending over backwards for a woman! NOTE: I know the tub is dirty I put them in a seperate tub while I was cleaning and when I went to put them back this is what I saw.

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Still one of my favorite pictures ive taken.

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My really ruduced spider named noodle.

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Wicked wobble video, ignore the sound lol and the quality it was taken with my phone.

anyway just a few odds and ends I thought I would post at 2 in the morning.

awesome post! Thanks for sharing!

OMG THE WOOBLE THAT WAS TOO FUNNY BUT ALSO KIND OF UPSETTING :tears: :8:

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Originally Posted by Jasonx

OMG THE WOOBLE THAT WAS TOO FUNNY BUT ALSO KIND OF UPSETTING :tears: :8:

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Why upsetting?

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Originally Posted by Rat160

Why upsetting?

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I imagine it's because it looks pretty haggard. I realize he is healthy otherwise, but you kinda feel bad for the little fella.

Was his nose banged up in the video? Once he paused for a sec, it looked like he was bleeding on the end of his nose?

I like his reduced pattern though, and definitely an interesting snake =)

Nice pictures =)

Thanks for posting

yeah i don't like the wobbles in spiders. I have a spider who definitely has a wobble, but he isn't that bad. even though the animal is eating / shedding, it must be annoying to not have proper motor skills

the first 2 pics made me laugh lol. leave 'em alone for a second!

That's quite the wobble, yeah, none of mine have it that bad, either. Nice pattern on him, though.

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Originally Posted by Rat160

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why... Really you have to ask? that animal has an insane wobble. Besides the fact that is not a terminal affliction, it's almost like a person who has a degenerative neurological condition like Parkinson’s. I don’t see how you could not see it as sad. Would you enjoy going through life with little to no voluntary control over your head and neck. I realize that this thankfully a very bad and fairly rare example of the spider wobble but it is exactly why I don’t now and never will have any spider’s in my collection.:(

I do agree that its sad just guess its not so upsetting to me, just sad. but thanks for the comments guys. And just to note hes not always that bad,he has "fits" where he just gets bad.

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Originally Posted by RichL

Was his nose banged up in the video? Once he paused for a sec, it looked like he was bleeding on the end of his nose?

Thanks for posting

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Its not blood, He was in coco husk bedding and due to his wobble he gets it everywhere. I decided to move him back to paper towels.

Very beautiful spider and great pictures but that is exactly why I stay away from the gene. Personally I cant stand to look at an animal like that, its truly disturbing.

Nice pictures. Your spider does have a horrendous wobble though. I feel thankful none of my spiders or bees are anything like that. Thanks for sharing. :)

That first picture is cool even knowing what it is.

It has to be frustrating as a BP owner to see a serious wobble. The Spiders do often times outgrow a severe wobble like that. My male spider does not have a serious wobble, but as he has gotten bigger, he shows a substantial head tilt. I am thankful thats all it is for him. My Bee shows no vissible signs of any wobble or head tilt though. The wobble can be expressed at varying degrees, so I'm sure she has something, it just isn't noticeable. Hope your reduced spider outgrows the severe wobble!

That is awful!!! I feel so bad for him.


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Originally Posted by smd58

That first picture is cool even knowing what it is.

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You mean the fact that he's eating or you know what kind of ball it is?

And thanks all for comments. When I actually bought him from the place they never told me anything about the wobble. This experience has at least taught me that when selling anything including spider genes I will be fully disclosing the wobble. I even have a disclaimer on the website I am building regarding the wobble. But like I said he's not always that bad. Seems more so at night he goes crazy.

Thank you for posting that ... I also do find it pretty disturbing, but it is also very helpful to me (trying to initiate some sort of research on spiders ...)

I'd be interested to know how many people have a spider that's that severe ... Might be time for another poll. :rolleyes:

Oh, and that "dinker" looks neat, BTW! :D

Your welcome. I'm gonna breed him one year because of his Pattern but if he end up passing it along it will be the end of breeding for him. Is there any I for
Action showing that the severity of the wobble is passed on?

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Your welcome. I'm gonna breed him one year because of his Pattern but if he end up passing it along it will be the end of breeding for him. Is there any I for
Action showing that the severity of the wobble is passed on?

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I'm not entirely sure what happened to that sentence -- I'm guessing it's a weird typo and you meant to ask if there's any proof that the severity of the wobble is genetic ..?

To my knowledge there is no conclusive proof, and it is said that you can produce train wrecks out of non-wobblers and non-wobblers out of train wrecks. That said, I would never breed a severe "wobbler" just in case.

It used to be said that ugly pastels could produce nice pastels, and vice versa. That was the dogma for years. We now know that selective breeding goes a long way -- it just can take a few generations, with some flukes in between.

Spiders are clearly here to stay, so IMO, to minimize the chances of producing the occasional seriously affected animal, it's worth avoiding breeding those that are severely affected.

yeah sorry I was half asleep last night typing on my phone so guess that's what happens lol. I still want to breed him one year to find out, after that it will depend I guess.

Still a little upset that his wobble was never disclosed though. I will be sure to disclose all wobble info if I ever sell a spider.