Also, if you are looking for criticism on the writeup in general, I think that the last couple of paragraphs regarding the wobble come off as a bit defensive. I have spiders, but at the same time I do think there is a lot of room for debate on the ethics of propagating them. I don't think it is fair to brand those who are opposed to their propagation as closed-minded and hypocritical.
I think that it might be better to explain that the majority of spiders have very minor clinical signs, eat and breed great (suggesting that they are thriving, unlike the pearl), and that the severely affected animals are few and far between. Let readers draw their own conclusions as to the ethics of breeding spiders -- those who are against it will continue to be against it regardless of your "official" position in the writeup, and taking up a defensive position looks a bit confrontational IMO.
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