Quote Originally Posted by shining apprentice View Post
i googled the head wobble and foudn a link to a page on these forums that state that spiders do this more often than other balls. I know this is fatal according to what ive read so i have some questions.

Ok so he tends to woble his head but also does the corkscrew thing from time to time... ive only him about a week and a half and ive seen him do like 4 times... also he doesnt seem to grab onto me. With my first ball which was an adult it would always wrap around my hand/arm but when i pick this guy up he makes no effort to constrict what so ever. In fact when i pick him up he barely moves. My gf bought a corn snake the same day i got my ball and hers wraps its tail around her pinky and will dangle around but mine just doesnt seem to do it, is this a problem.

also i called the people i got the snake from a couple days after getting him and told them about the corkscrew and they said to call back if it kept up, should i inform them of the wobbling and the lack of wanted to constrict.

if it matters i fed him once so far and he did just fine with a live mouse.

Does anyone know how to find a good herp vet in the greater hartford area of CT.

thanks
Wobbling is a fairly common issue in the Spider morph and I believe it is generally thought to be a genetic/congenital neurologic issue. That said, there is really nothing to do to treat it per say, and it I am fairly certain it is not really considered fatal (except possibly in really severe cases). As long as the animal eats then it should be all right. What you are describing sounds like a mid-grade wobble. I think I remember reading that stress or excitement tends to cause a higher expression of the wobbling, so you may notice it decrease in intensity a bit as your animal settles in.