Handling Your Spider

[cinderbird]

Ive seen spiders corkscrew in their cages (this was from a re-saler, not a breeder). I have seen spiders that don't seem to have any issues, but if you look closely, they have a head tilt kinda like a dog when you talk to it.

I have a female spider arriving thursday morning to me, so i can post back with info on her once i get her.

I'm of the belief that ALL spiders have some form of the wobbles. Everything from just a head tilt or shake to ridiculous cage style acrobatics.

[BPMIKE]

The wobble in my spider is way less when being held.He ball,s up and has very little or no wobble at all.
Mike.

[blackcrystal22]

I have not noticed my spider wobble in the slightest. I have noticed a slight tilt though, but nothing severe at all.
She is pretty good with handling too once she stops balling up.

[West Coast Jungle]

The wobbling can be exaggerated when excited or scared. Most BP's get nervous when being held especially when younger. Adult BP's that been around people tend to calm down considerably but this varies from snake to snake.

Your spider is probably real nervous when you hold him which make him wobble more. I have had well over a dozen spiders and it varies from snake to snake. He should calm down as he gets older and gets used to being handled.

Someone once compared the wobble to Terrets syndrome in humans which gets worse when nervous, scared or excited, its not dangerous just odd behavior. I think its a good analogy.

[Patrick Long]

I have a male and a female spider, both have slight wobbles..

....dont drop your snake just cause it wobbles....

[piper]

I have a male and a female spider, both have slight wobbles..

....dont drop your snake just cause it wobbles....

I didn't drop the snake at all, but it was close. I didn't want to restrain her, but had to a bit because I was a bit nervous and she was very unpredictable which way she was going.

When I took her out of the plastic thing she came in to put her in her tub, she was balled up and didn't move for about 15 minutes in her tub. I could have put her anyway I wanted to and she wouldn't move.

When I hold her she tends to wobble, stiffen up a bit and wobble again than calm down.

Thanks for all the input so far!

[b8g8]

Fascinating, I never heard of this issue before.

[sg1trogdor]

I have 2 spiders and neither wobbles well not noticeably at least. I have notice that when one of them gets scared while wrapped around my arm or whatever and she jumps and tries to hide her head like balls sometimes do. She has a tendency to invert herself while trying to hide. Maybe its just a coincidence or I could be crazy. lol.

[Meghan]

I was not aware that the different morphs would have a play in their demeanor. Can one really anticipate a difference in behavior between morphs?

[Murf301]

Mine wobbled a little bit for the first week of settling in ...then I only noticed it right before he struck his prey item , almost like he was concentrating to hard lol...now I dont see him doing it at all.