Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
"According to Kevin..." But you haven't heard him say it??? He "openly admits it"...but you haven't heard him say it? Or seen it anywhere?

If it's THAT easy to prevent the spider wobble then why hasn't it been eradicated for good?

Have you ever met Kevin and seen him with his animals? He may not be much of a people person...but that man LOVES his animals. He may "keep secrets" about which genes make which pretty morph combos, but I have NO doubt that if there were some "special formula" for eliminating the spider issues and improving the quality of life of the THOUSANDS of spiders and spider combos waiting to be hatched, he would have told the world. OR...even if he were in it for the money...he would then be cranking out 100% wobble free spiders and selling them for even more money. Haven't seen THAT claim from him either.

Again I say it...SHOW YOUR EVIDENCE that he's made such claims. Otherwise it IS nothing more than rumormill grist. And as someone who cruises the internet for information as much as you do, surely you realize that THIS sort of crap is exactly how those rumors gain ground?
I'm really not trying to stir the pot. I just hate to see people quoting Kevin just because he has thousands of snakes. I'm sure many of these people quoting him have never met him either. And yes I have seen Kevin with his animals, and he is amazing with them. I think he deserves a certain amount of respect for what he's capable of doing with an animal. I don't agree with his practices per say when it comes to information. But I know for a fact that he made this statement. I have no doubt that it's true either considering he's been working with the gene for almost 20 years. Maybe it wasn't my place to call that out.

Half the people commenting don't even own a desert. If you wanna have a dog in the race, then own one, breed it, prove it yourself, and then go "HAHAHAHA!". Every post about a desert is PURE speculation, unless it's actual desert owners talking about their trial and error. But in general it's not, it's a bunch of people wishing they could own a desert but won't because they think females won't produce. There has been one smart thing said in this post and that's that desert males prices should stay high for a long time since as of right now they are the only reproducers of the gene. The gene is far from dead, matter of fact this may just be what keeps a co-dom gene from dying so fast.

To answer your questions. Nope, I didn't hear it come out of his mouth, but the man who did I would trust with my child. So I believe everything he says. He has no reason to make up that rumor or lie about it. Matter of fact the reason he told me is because I'm huge on spotnoses and he didn't want me to produce powerballs with wobbles. Not to mention that Kevin admits to keeping information from the masses, he calls it keeping things the "old" way. Take it for what it's worth. I know from now on I'll incubate all my eggs between those temps just to prevent any possible side affects (kinks, wobble, etc).

It's pretty idiotic to think that the spider wobble would be eradicated with that information. There are THOUSANDS of spiders out there. Not every spider is owned by Kevin. And does it surprise you that it hasn't, being this probably the first time you've heard this? When the information isn't public knowledge... then that pretty much answers your question.