Re: How to feel about the ethics of the spider wobble?
Originally Posted by bcr229
In animals loss of appetite is a sign of ongoing pain and/or stress. Since the snakes eat - and face it, a butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a month-long fast in a ball python - I'd say that the wobble isn't physically painful to them.
Writhing and corkscrewing seem like signs of pain to me, or discomfort at the very least.
Personally, I don't own any spiders and if I did, I would never breed one.