I still can't believe this is a topic that needs to be discussed. I always get so much flack for defending the spider and I wish people would look at it from an objective standpoint. If the wobble was a big deal, the morph would not be as wide spread as it is today. The whole, "breeders are just greedy", or whatever against argument against breeders for breeding spiders is just dumb in my opinion as well. Sure some breeders are greedy but if you're against breeders, don't own the animal. Simple as that. Unless you want to go capture one in its natural habitat and bring it over, you can't complain about breeders. (Off-topic but I digress)
As for the wobble, it's just as OWAL said earlier. Spiders with even severe wobbles will eat. You can find videos of them on youtube. Sure they need to be checked on and sure it takes them a little longer, but the animal does fine. A point I like to make is that the wobblers were all found in the wild and the wild is the most unforgiving environment ever. If a wobbler can survive in the wild, there shouldn't even be a debate as to whether or not the wobble causes a big enough problem for the animal. A ball python does not eat when something is wrong. If the wobble was a hindrance, the snake would have just starved to death to begin with. I have wobblers with several degrees of them and they all eat fine, furiously even. Im actually antsy to feed one of them because super excited and nearly explodes the rat with his strikes.
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