Wobblers?

[Whittney32]

Just curious as I saw another post about wobbling and spinning. Are these 'problems' restricted to the spider morphs?

After reading through that post, I do believe Slinky wobbles.. but ive only noticed it when he has killed his prey and is about to swallow it or is in the process of swallowing.

Just curious.. doesnt seem to bother him at all.

[dr del]

Hi,

No it's not restricted to spiders - if you do a search for "loopy" you will find the story of a normal bp adopted by one of our members (lillyorchid) that had really quite extreme looking (to me anyway) spinning issues.


dr del

[Papa Burgundy]

So, is spinning or wobbling a neurological probelm? Will it live as long as one that doesn't? Any health issues?
My goal for the summer is to get a male spider, along with a female pastel so I can beed bumbleebees in the next few years. Does a spider that wobbles sell for less? Should I look for one that doesn't?

[SatanicIntention]

If you didn't have hands or feet and only relied on gravity to swallow your meal, wouldn't you wobble a bit while eating?

It's like us eating a WHOLE watermelon, without hands or feet to assist.

Your snake doesn't wobble because he has poor muscular control, he's just trying to get his meal down, and it's either use the muscles for swallowing, or use those muscles to hold yourself up. Even some of my adults do it, but not as much as the silly babies do.