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Question about Woma Ball Pythons - History & Etc?

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Hi all,

Quick question about woma ball pythons. I've read both of my books and neither of them mention this so I thought I would ask here to see if anyone knows...I did a search and can't seem to find any mention either..

I know there are NERD line and VPI line...Are there any other lines? I assume this co-dom was pulled out of Africa directly?

Do they have known neurological issues similar to spider morphs? Are some lines of woma actually crossed with spider or have they been at some point?

Thanks.
 
I dont have any experience with Womas but the nerd line has a Super form that has the most severe neuroligical problems I have ever seen in a BP. Most of them dont even hatch alive, and if they do they die rather quickly. Wish I had more info on them for you.
 
I am asking because I recently purchased a VPI line Woma male, and he is exhibiting some very strange neurological symptoms...Nothing indicative of disease, but more like a spider would act. I have a rare gem of a spider who I have only seen have a wobble twice in his life, but this Woma is really different..And he almost looks like a banded spider, which I think most Womas do, anyway. I was just wanting to know if anyone else had a similar experience before I start freaking out. :/ He was in 3 months of quarantine before I moved him to my main room and I noticed a little bit of shaky striking but nothing like what he shows now.
 
I had a woma ball and she didnt show any signs at all of a wobble or any neurological issues? Not sure if others do but mine didnt and I did take her out alot. I do have a snake with a wobble and know what to look for weird I guess
 
I guess I didn't know there were multiple lines...other than NERD's hidden gene Womas. If VPI's line is actually different, how do their super Womas fare?

My Woma has a severe wobble which started as extremely subtle (and easily overlooked) but got worse over time. My guess (and my vet's as well) is that BPs can have neurological issues like the Spiders that isn't tied to a morph in particular--it just shows up on occasion.

I don't know if anyone's done a Spider x Woma (I'd bet it's been done), but they're separate base morphs, so I don't think any Womas out there are "mixed."
 
anything that is woma X spider that I can think of would be wannabees? Obviously those are easy to distinguish from a normal woma gene. IDK?
 
It is becoming more known that womas do tend to have wobbles like spiders do...it isnt totally out there yet, but more and more people are admitting to it

I have a male woma ball that has a very slight wobble...I also had my hands on a woma lesser male that wobbled quiet a bit more...and have seen more and more woma ad's that disclose wobble like traits
 
Thanks for the responses, guys. I wonder why it's something that other people have been trying to keep quiet? I think this is important to know..Especially about the Pearl/Super form. I had no idea about all that... Wow.
 
Crazy. Everything I've read shows Woma's to be problem free, in fact, an alternative to the spider in a bumblebee resulting in no wobble. This is good to know!
 
It is crazy ...that's why I asked. I couldn't seem to find any information about issues with womas so im very thankful im not the only one. That still is so sad about the Pearl morph. :( I wonder why it happens like that.
 
I actually thought in the beginning as a newcomer, and looking at the pictures, that Womas were simply the low-white Spiders marketed under another name. ;)
 
I've owned several womas that had absolutely zero wobble and a pastel woma same thing.
I'd love to see a video of an actual wobble in a woma...
 
snakesRkewl said:
I've owned several womas that had absolutely zero wobble and a pastel woma same thing.
I'd love to see a video of an actual wobble in a woma...
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It may be like the issues with spiders..some exhibit them severely while others may never show anything in their life. Like I said, my male and his offspring are blessed with minimal issues. May be the same with womas.

Ill see if I can video Hobbes next time he is acting strangely. ..
 
Here is a video of the lesser woma male I had for a short time...his wobble was to much for me to handle, so I no longer have him. But I do have a male woma and a female lesser spider that have mild wobbles, both wobbles are pretty much identical....I don't mind mild...but this guy was trying to knock himself out

it's a short video...but this is how this boy was moving around on a normal basis...he would hit his head on all the things inside his enclosure every time he would fall backwards and try to whip himself upright, which would cause him to start to corkscrew.

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d164/hamster666/?action=view&current=lesserwoma030.mp4
 
Willow said:
Here is a video of the lesser woma male I had for a short time...his wobble was to much for me to handle, so I no longer have him. But I do have a male woma and a female lesser spider that have mild wobbles, both wobbles are pretty much identical....I don't mind mild...but this guy was trying to knock himself out

it's a short video...but this is how this boy was moving around on a normal basis...he would hit his head on all the things inside his enclosure every time he would fall backwards and try to whip himself upright, which would cause him to start to corkscrew.

http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d164/hamster666/?action=view&current=lesserwoma030.mp4
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Wow. Hobbes isn't quite that bad. That's crazy.... :(
 
Willow, that looks like what mine does. I have a vid of mine's wobble, but it's kinda crap (I need to redo it). Maybe I'll try it again tonight and get it posted.

The thing about the Woma wobble is that I can't tell whether it's a Woma thing or if people just pay more attention to Womas because they look like Spiders. This neurological problem can happen to any ball python, but do we not hear about it in non-Spider/Woma morphs because it's less common or because we expect to see it in those morphs (and/or don't expect to see it in others)?
 
I have had 2 womas....both wobbled...i have had 3 spiders....all wobbled....

All pretty obviously, and I've never had those issues with any other snakes I've come across....I know it can happen in other morphs...but I'm pretty sure the woma is a lot more like spiders then people think in the manner of wobbles

Now as for people not knowing about it or talking about it....it was the same way with spiders in the beginning....it was very hush hush to talk about the wobbles when spiders where first being worked with

Spiders how just been around longer now....so its widely accepted that they wobble...soon womas will have the same understanding
 
R. Eventide said:
Willow, that looks like what mine does. I have a vid of mine's wobble, but it's kinda crap (I need to redo it). Maybe I'll try it again tonight and get it posted.

The thing about the Woma wobble is that I can't tell whether it's a Woma thing or if people just pay more attention to Womas because they look like Spiders. This neurological problem can happen to any ball python, but do we not hear about it in non-Spider/Woma morphs because it's less common or because we expect to see it in those morphs (and/or don't expect to see it in others)?
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I don't know if that's an accurate assement or not..I mean obviously, any animal can have a neurological problem, but as far as spiders and womas, I think that's a very morph-specific thing. I mean, for me personally, I spend a LOT of time watching my animals, and other people's animals, and I've never seen anything remotely similar to these types of behavior/issues in any other ball python morph. And even so I think the woma wobble and spider wobbles are a little bit different. I don't really think it has anything to do with appearance or similarities, when they act like they do in that video, it's hard not to notice that no matter what the snake looks like, at least IMO.

But again, it's like this thread has shown, the severity spans the spectrum, just like in spiders. It's just a good thing to know, because honestly I had no idea.
 
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