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    Re: Could this be IBD?

    Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
    People tend to jump the gun way to often and way to easily when it comes to IBD.

    You have a spider and what you are describing sounds very much like a spider issue.

    The issue with wobble in spider is that the individual may very well have never shown any severe signs however those signs may have been brought up all of the sudden by stress.

    • Stress of shipping
    • Stress of temps
    • ect


    No sure how warm you keep your spider but try offering a hot spot around 86/88 if you can.
    See I did know about the spider wobble, I was well aware of the problem in spiders. I as being inexperienced in the morph and having one spider previously who didnt have a noticable wobble, was very surprised at this new snake being so bad. A "wobble" is one thing, but a snake thats corkscrewing and flipping its head upside down and not able to right itself looked really really bad to me.

    I had no idea wobbles can get worse because of stress or just get worse as the snake gets older, etc. So I dont think I was wrong in assuming there was something wrong. Maybe I was wrong in assuming it was IBD, maybe I should have asked about neurological disorders in general I guess.
    I'm sure I'm not the first person to jump to the conclusion of IBD in their snake.

    I've spent quite a lot of time on the forums over the last year talking about morphs and at no time have I read that the wobble can get worse over time or get worse because of stress. If I had known that, then her arriving as cold as she did from shipping would have made sense as to why the previous owner said she had a slight wobble. Because I didnt notice her wobble being THAT bad until about 3 weeks into her quarantine. So it makes sense now.
    So, again I thank everyone for your help.

    Ill try lowering her hot spot.
    Last edited by mues155; 06-01-2012 at 09:56 AM.
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