Ah...So there are super woma lessers or something out there? Does anyone know why they die, or is it just a 'failure to thrive' kinda thing?

As for the spiders and spinning, this is a good thread about it. There are many other threads on it, but this one seems to be a good collection of opinions.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=52677