Spider Ball and Head wobble... is this a concern and is it common?

[ericeod]

I'm expecting my Spider Ball in about a week and have been doing a lot of research on this morph. I've seen some mention of a head wobble that affects this morph and was wondering how prevelant this is within the line and if I should be worried. Second, if my Ball does have this condition, is there any special care that should be taken into consideration such as feeding and housing etc?

And for those who do not know about the head wobble, here is a link showing the head wobble with a Spinner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlX58vxt0AU

Here is a Spider with a wobble during feeding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGy4g...eature=related

Thanks in advance to those who reply!

[Groovy]

The head wobble varies from snake to snake,some may have it bad,others you may hardly notice it. It is also carried over to Spider combo's like the Bumblebee,Lesser Bee,Killer Bee etc. I have never seen a snake affected by it so bad, that it couldn't fully function..
My Spiders have it too,still they eat like machines.. and that's the other thing you will notice about the Spider Family, their ferocious appetites and their outgoing personality..
So there is really no difference in needs to a snake with a bit of a wobble, than to a snake with none.

Hope that sums it up for you?

[Freakie_frog]

Nope house and care for it just like you do your other ball pythons.. they eat, poop, shed and breed just fine..

[snakesRkewl]

I watch mine strike and wrap a bit closer than the others, they don't always have the best aim and get into compromising situations more often, assuming your feeding live that is.
A lot depends on how much wobble they show, both my spider and my spider combo I watch a bit closer.

[A.VinczeBPs]

All spiders will have a wobble. Some of it is not seen much, some have it severely enough to affect the way they move. But all of them have a wobble.
You treat them the same as any other morph, normally a wobble will not harm the animal.

[OhhWatALoser]

god we need a sticky this is asked every other day...

[BAMReptiles]

oh boy, ANOTHER spider thread.......

[ericeod]

Thanks for the support to the two posts above...? I genuinely do want to thank those of you with positive feedback though. I'm sure you have members at all level on this forum, not just professionals. So thanks to some for taking the time to explain to a novice who genuinely cares about their animal.

[iCandiBallPythons]

Alot of people in general,new to bp's tend to hear about the wobble and freak out about it before technically owning a spider or a spider combo. I myself have never witnessed it to be detrimental to the animal, like Ed said above they eat,shed, feed, and breed just fine.

[OhhWatALoser]

Thanks for the support to the two posts above...? I genuinely do want to thank those of you with positive feedback though. I'm sure you have members at all level on this forum, not just professionals. So thanks to some for taking the time to explain to a novice who genuinely cares about their animal.

not trying to offend you, im not joking its asked just about every other day, in some way or another, I think a sticky would benifit newcomers

search "spider wobble" and you will see tons of threads with info on it.