I've got the Wobbles!
So, here is the scoop. I've had my spider for about 3-4 years now. I'm already aware that all spiders and morphs stringing from them have wobble in their genetics.
However, when I got my spider I thought I was already dealing with the worst of his condition. It appears I was wrong. As he's aged his wobble has gotten progressively worse. I didn't expect this to happen and it's now getting bad enough that when it's come to feeding he is having issues. It's really starting to worry me at this point.
This last year is when it's really started kicking in. He WAS able to strike properly at his food and find the head without delay. He now can't strike his food without a LOT of misses and erratic spinning. He came close to getting me a few times and I am usually well out of the way. It's taken him about an hour and a half to eat the last three times....one time the rat having been too cold and he lost interest in it all together.
He doesn't have the star gazer's disease. He was paired last year and this year with a few females and they are perfectly fine. I've heard its extremely contagious so I would assume it would have affected my group already this being the case.
Maybe his wobble increased because of the stress/stimulation of breeding. I'm not sure. Either way, I'm now getting concerned. I fed him recently, otherwise would try to get a video of just how bad it is.
1.) Does the wobble gene ever kill spiders, has it stopped others from being able to properly function when it comes to eating/drinking?
2.) Will breeding him increase the chance that the babies be born with just as bad of a wobble, one bad enough to interfere with daily function?
3.) Will it continue to get worse? Anyone here with a spider/spider morph where the wobble is extreme?
Thanks!
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