i have a predisposition to never want any spiders or morphs

[predatorkeeper87]

I've mentioned in the past that I will not own or work with the spider gene because of the wobble. I do not condemn those that wish to do so but I can't in good conscience do it myself.

If I were to put it in relative human terms, I've never met a person with Down's Syndrome who wasn't sweet, gentle, compassionate, and for the most part very lovable. A world filled with people whose dispositions where like that, would probably be a nicer world. But there are clearly deficits when we examine the whole being. It would be self indulgent and irresponsible for me to ignore those deficits and produce people with the syndrome, just to reap the characteristics I desire.

As hyperbolic as my example may be, we don't/can't really know what's going on with snakes that carry the spider gene beyond what we see. To assume the animal is fine because it lives, eats , and poops is cavalier. Please be reminded that people with Down's Syndrome live, eat, and poop. This is just my $0.02.

I shall now run for cover while you light the torches and grab the pitchforks.

it all comes down to what we as either keepers or breeders feel for the snakes. I can certainly understand the abstaining from using spider in any projects at all.

I however do have a beautiful mojo spider male with, as far as I can tell physically, almost no wobble. He will on occasion flip just his head over if he misses a strike, but other than that he acts perfectly normal. I do plan on using him in a few projects coming up, but if he produces any offspring with even a moderately more noticeable wobble I will abstain from using him any more.

I wish there was a way to tell if the snakes are in any kind of distress even if they don't show any physical signs. Mine eats like a champ on live only right now, and sheds perfect every time so he must be feeling ok haha, but again neither I or anyone else can truly know how they feel.