Was told she is a cali bee. Thoughts?
Picked up this little girl. She is 187 grams and a 2018 baby. She had a very slow start. Produced by a breeder friend. She had to be force fed for almost a year and now is eating fuzzy rats on her own. I do expect to see her be a picky eater. So far no wobbles.
Either way she is beautiful. She did eat a rat fuzzy when I got her home and in her enclosure. What are your thoughts on genetics?
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Thanks everyone. Now to get her up to weight and growth slowly but surely.
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Wow, Sky. She's gorgeous.
Thanks
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Nah.....just a funky normal, you don't want to keep her. As a favor, I can take her off your hands and I will even pay shipping...lol
She is 🤩🤩
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nah.....just a funky normal, you don't want to keep her. As a favor, i can take her off your hands and i will even pay shipping...lol
she is ����
lol
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not to hi jack y'all...but i am. what's the going rate for these?
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not to hi jack y'all...but i am. what's the going rate for these?
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I think 350 to 450 is average. She was a slow starter and my friend produced her. After almost a year of force feeding she is now eating on her own. She is less than 200 grams and was produced in 2018. She practically gave her to me knowing that I would give her a good home and she has not missed a meal in my care as of yet. She also handles well. No sign of wobble but I do expect it. Just a lovely lady.
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I think 350 to 450 is average. She was a slow starter and my friend produced her. After almost a year of force feeding she is now eating on her own. She is less than 200 grams and was produced in 2018. She practically gave her to me knowing that I would give her a good home and she has not missed a meal in my care as of yet. She also handles well. No sign of wobble but I do expect it. Just a lovely lady.
No need to expect wobble just because you have a spider, in my experience 9/10 you wouldn't even notice it, it's become more internet hype than reality. Most cases that it is bad is from the animal being extremely stressed do to bad environment. Otherwise you might just notice they have a cocked glare once in a while or get a little excited at feeding time and miss a little more frequently. But most of them don't even show those symptoms. Sorry to go on about it, I'm just so sick of hearing all the negativity around spiders when I have experience with 100s and know it's not true, mostly people that never even owned one regurgitating what they read from another non experienced person lol.
Anyway, gorgeous animal you have there ;)
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No need to expect wobble just because you have a spider, in my experience 9/10 you wouldn't even notice it, it's become more internet hype than reality. Most cases that it is bad is from the animal being extremely stressed do to bad environment. Otherwise you might just notice they have a cocked glare once in a while or get a little excited at feeding time and miss a little more frequently. But most of them don't even show those symptoms. Sorry to go on about it, I'm just so sick of hearing all the negativity around spiders when I have experience with 100s and know it's not true, mostly people that never even owned one regurgitating what they read from another non experienced person lol.
Anyway, gorgeous animal you have there ;)
So far the only observed strange behavior is she turns a her head and a portion of her body upside down during feeding time with excitement about food coming. I lay it in her tub and after she spends a few moments she starts exploring looking for it until she finds it and eats normally at that point.
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So far the only observed strange behavior is she turns a her head and a portion of her body upside down during feeding time with excitement about food coming. I lay it in her tub and after she spends a few moments she starts exploring looking for it until she finds it and eats normally at that point.
Yeah that sounds like one of the little quirks they can have, totally harmless though. I've seen one or two, not mine but a friends, that did a little bit of the upside down exploring while being held which is not something you see ball pythons doing unless they have wobble. But again, totally harmless, the people that bought them actually liked it and thought it was cute, gave them a little silly character. As long as they don't have a wobble that is so bad it affects their well being, which I've personally not seen but know it can happen from online videos, most spiders make great super hearty & healthy pets. They are great eaters and I've never met an aggressive one. People that have no experience need to stop spreading the negativity because a lot of people are missing out on a great morph because they are scared of what they read online. Glad you're having a positive experience with yours :gj:
