Spider help.

Hey all I got a 2012 female spider 2 weeks ago at an expo.

I was in my snake room when I noticed she was wrapped around her water dish with her head sideways almost upside down. She looked dead. I was freaked I gently pulled out the tub and put it down and once I did that she started to spider wobble HUGE. Like totally flipping and twisting her head. First time she has wobbled since I got her.

She has not eaten yet. Shes sitting at 50 grams. Temps are 90 F on basking side and 80 F on the cool side. Humidity is at 60%. She has hides on both sides with a paper towel roll in the middle (just a thing I do for very young balls to give them a really tight spot)


So yah,

What can cause her to wrap around her dish?

Is it normal for her head to be sideways/upside down when she does it? (As I am typing this she moved to behind her hide wrapped up with her head sideways on top of her body)

I think the reason she wobbled and twisted her head so much was because I scared her? I dont know I did it as gently as possible and I have held her before and cleaned her tub with out her showing any signs of wobble.

i would say laying with her head sideways is normal i have seen it happen before but can't explain why. as for the bowl wrapping sounds pretty normal i have seen my snakes do that alot.

It all sounds like a normal spider with a bad wobble. *shrug* Nothing wrong

Everything is fine

Sounds pretty normal. One reason im kinda leery of the morph. But it doesnt sound like anything out of the ordinary.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Sounds pretty normal. One reason im kinda leery of the morph. But it doesnt sound like anything out of the ordinary.

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get yourself a spider they're not so bad.

*wobble wobble*

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Sounds spider-ish to me. Maybe her wobble is more to the noticable end.

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Typical spider behavior! It freaked me out too the first time I saw our spider do it.

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Originally Posted by JaGv

get yourself a spider they're not so bad.

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Im waiting for doolittle to make me a stinga bee...;)

but she never wobbled the 3 times i handled her or the 2 times I have changed her tub :confusd:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Im waiting for doolittle to make me a stinga bee...;)

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You got it buddy, next year! :D. All though if it were up to my bee, it might be this year. She finally refused her first meal this weekend. My thoughts were that she thinks she's going into breeding season. I think she's got the weight, she's just not old enough. Silly bee, not until next year! (Not to mention my poor little enchi is just a babe).

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

but she never wobbled the 3 times i handled her or the 2 times I have changed her tub :confusd:

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She could have been more stressed out, or thinking she was going to eat. Stress, and feed excitement seems to be when you can notice it, on some where it isn't apparent any other time.
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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Im waiting for doolittle to make me a stinga bee...;)

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good choice