Quote Originally Posted by NorthernRegius.com View Post
This is a good news/bad news issue. The wobble is not right, but it can occur in morphs with the Spider gene.

The snake may be other-wise healthy & may even outgrow the defect. I saw a vid of a male that was truly severe, but what you describe sounds like it's not effecting the ability of your snake to function or feed.

Not all Spiders wobble, I've a perfectly healthy gal who's dad doesn't wobble either- but this is a common defect to the morph. And even my gal may produce a wobbler down the road... it's not as bad as kinks in T+ Albinos but it is a defect to be aware of. One of the reasons I will be doing more with Pins than Spiders, but back to your snake.

Yes, keep it away from pine/cedar products. Yes, it likely has a genetic defect. But by no means does that mean your animal is at death's door. If you have already become attached to this animal and are concerned if it can have a quality life, yes there is every chance that it can.

All the Best.
I was attached the second I held him!

Update on Boomer:

I have been monitoring Boomer the last week and did not observe any twitching or him turning his head upside down. That being said I did not monitor him 24/7 either. Today, five days after I observed the odd behavior, I purchased a hopper mouse from a different store. I fed the hopper mouse to Boomer and closely watched while he ate the mouse. I did not see anything unusual at all!!!!! He acted completely normal..........no pun intended for my normal baby ball python.

Is it possible that if the previous store kept the mouse on cedar that he just had a bad taste from the cedar or pine if in fact he was kept on pine????? Thus far I have seen nothing unusual with the exception that he keeps moving his hides all over the place.......the hot side is 88-90 degrees. I just let him be and put his hides back.