Quote Originally Posted by Bellatrix_LeSnake View Post
Our BP has been a great eater for the last month, but tonight she was a bit strange. She was kind of vibrating when she came out of her hide and mis-struck at the prey item twice before taking it. The strikes didn't look defensive as the snake (as far as snakes can) looked kind of shocked that it had nothing in its mouth post strike. Is this the infamous spider wobble or a sign of undue stress during the feeding process? Either way, should we be concerned?

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Quote Originally Posted by Riv View Post
Ive got a 600 gram spider male myself, and he'll do all sorts of weird things before actually eating. He regularly will wobble quite a bit, and "miss" before actually catching prey, and beleive it or not, or has actually managed a sommersault, striking and contricting from a belly up position afterwards haha. The spider morph is closeley linked to the nervous system as im sure you already know, and the wobble varies in intensity snake by snake. He may have a more problematic wobble than you originally thought, but as the others stated, as long as she is eating the quality of life shouldnt be effected much, and therefor nothing to worry about. One of my normal girls have "rattled" before feeding which consiists of slapping their tail against the ground, or aimply moving it quickly, like a kingsnake would, but im not sure im getting what you mean entirely by the term vibrate. Could you describe it in more detail?
Probably that crazy "quivering" thing they do when they're hyped up about something.