Head wobble...

[anatess]

I saw a write-up by Adam that says ALL spiders have head wobble of some form or other... It's definitely true for our spider. So, this tells me that it is genetic. So, my question is do bumblebees or any of the spider morphs display this characteristic as well?

[mooingtricycle]

Not all of them do. My male, does not. and a friend of mine has been breeding spiders for awhile now, and his Do not.

There are many people that have spiders that do not wobble, so i wouldnt go so far as to say they all do. Non Wobbling spiders, CAN produce wobbling spiders though, and vice versa. But again, its not always the case, one way or the other.

[Spaniard]

I've read that the spider combos show less signs of wobbles than just the sole spider gene alone.

[Purrrfect9]

I'm 99.9% sure that i remember reading on here a while back that someone said that all spider morphs do also have the head wobble. Let me do a quick search and I'll get back to you. I have a spider as well, and the only time I notice it is when she's getting ready to strike, her head sways a bit, and when you flip her over on her back, she doesn't seem to right herself as fast as all of my other BP's. Other than that she's practically perfect in every way!

[nixer]

I'm 99.9% sure that i remember reading on here a while back that someone said that all spider morphs do also have the head wobble. Let me do a quick search and I'll get back to you. I have a spider as well, and the only time I notice it is when she's getting ready to strike, her head sways a bit, and when you flip her over on her back, she doesn't seem to right herself as fast as all of my other BP's. Other than that she's practically perfect in every way!

my spider and my bee both only do shake more than others when they are going to strike while eating. other than that my bee is real flighty and my spider is just lazy

[anatess]

I'm 99.9% sure that i remember reading on here a while back that someone said that all spider morphs do also have the head wobble. Let me do a quick search and I'll get back to you. I have a spider as well, and the only time I notice it is when she's getting ready to strike, her head sways a bit, and when you flip her over on her back, she doesn't seem to right herself as fast as all of my other BP's. Other than that she's practically perfect in every way!

This is Adam's write-up I'm talking about...
http://forum.8ballpythons.com/blog/?p=5

It says it right there that it is present in "each and every spider, some more noticeable than others". Coming from Adam who has a humongous collection, it has a lot of weight.

I don't really mind the wobble. Mine is very slight and is only noticeable when he's holding his head up for too long. But even if he has more than that it would be fine as long as he's healthy. I was just curious if bumblebees and other spider-based morphs have it as well.

[MDB]

not true my male spider has no wobble at all. But when he does breed there is the possibility that his hatchlings will have a wobble.

[Freakie_frog]

There are varying degrees of the wobble. Some do the head shake thing, some cork screw, so are way worse.

[AaronP]

I believe that it is also heat related. I noticed that mine was wobbling an awful lot and I was talking to one of my breeder friends and he suggested putting it in the "Coolest" slot of my rack and said that with his he noticed reduced symptoms. Sure enough when his temps were in 88-89 he seemed to calm down a little. He was in a 90-91 slot before. (Woot woot for thermal gradient)

[Freakie_frog]

I believe that it is also heat related. I noticed that mine was wobbling an awful lot and I was talking to one of my breeder friends and he suggested putting it in the "Coolest" slot of my rack and said that with his he noticed reduced symptoms. Sure enough when his temps were in 88-89 he seemed to calm down a little. He was in a 90-91 slot before. (Woot woot for thermal gradient)

I have also seen this with many of my spiders. I have seen baby's hatch just fine shed and spin like a top. Eat a few meals and stop 99.995% for the spinning.