Spider gene

[Seven-Thirty]

I will admit that I have not personally seen any of the bashing going on against spider breeders so maybe there is a part of some bigger picture that I am missing here so sorry if I sound confrontational. I just love animals with all my heart and I get very defensive on their behalf when it comes to things like this. Few things in this world get me worked up like brachycephaly or skeletal deformities in dog breeds. I just think of how easy it is to NOT breed for those traits.

The bashing is everywhere, even here but those people tend to just stop coming here once they realise that most people here (correct me if i'm wrong) are "pro-spider" so to speak. There's nothing wrong with caring about animals and the unethical things that go on, that's perfectly fine. The thing is that the spider has gotten such a bad rep over the past few years mainly due to the internet and people not doing their research. As for he breeders who do not disclose the information about the wobble there are some who just assume a person knows about it by now or they are just the type of breeders that happen to be "bad" (giving them the benefit of the doubt)

The main thing about the whole "ethical debate" is the idea that simply breeding spiders is inheritly bad. The snakes, as stated numerous times by various people, thrive perfectly normal. Now it would be unethical to breed spiders and cull them at the very instance of a wobble which is what people used to do way back when. As for the whole "snake is suffering" thing, I have never seen a spider that had any signs of suffering if the husbandry was correct. Snakes are not like us and people need to understand that certain animals don't have the same quote unquote intelligence as us. A snake can't love you, but they do have the ability to learn and remember.

Now of course there are the "super" wobblers which NERD made of bunch of accidently when he found out that the pearls were really really dingy. In cases like that it's best to cull but in terms of spiders, a spider never comes out like that 99% of the time.

I feel like im being stubborn as well and there are probably many holes in my post but the spider debate really gets me riled up. (I use tumblr a lot and people are so quick to bash spiders without any research into it or its history) and as far as I know, the wobble hasnt been confirmed to be a neurological disorder only speculated. (i could be wrong and if so please correct me)

please feel free to point out any inconsistencies in what I've said.