Quote Originally Posted by Paul's Pieds View Post
i had always believed that spider wobble lessened when combined with other genes - somehow watered it down

but

i had 2 spiders in the past where i did not observe wobble

i now have a mojave bee which exhibits a rather odd feeding behaviour.

When she smells rat she will strike out - but not necessarily at the rat. It is like she cannot combine the senses of heat detection and smell detection into a single target. I learned this the hard way when she smells rat but strikes at me. So i have to make sure the rat is hair dryed until it is hotter than i am. She never strikes without a food stimulation smell but when she smells food she will just go for the hottest target.

What I do now to feed her is heat the rat to well above natural temperature and put it in her tub. She will circle it for a while, then when it has cooled to a natural heat level for a food item she will have it. Much safer that way...lol I have no idea if this is some type of head wobble associated behaviour because i have never observed head wobble in her but I have never had any other snake striking in the wrong direction either ?

Opinions ?
Far from being unusual when feeding F/T to a spider or spider combo, this is also part of the wobble.

Not much you can do about it.

One thing I forgot earlier temperatures also affect the wobble, based on what I have seen Spider tend to do better at lower temperatures (88 max)

And of course as far as selective breeding sadly animal that show very little wobble can produce train wrecks and vice versa just like a young animal can go from severe to mild wobble and vice versa.


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