Recent content by Coyote

nice aquarium and mantids set ups, i also own a small aquarium and i really like to create a nice natural looking environment for both aquariums and vivariums. But for vivariums i struggle to find good plants, where do you buy yours ?

hello guys, maybe some people remember me, even though i didnt post much. I was here in 2016 while being the proud owner of a sphodromantis lineola that passed away in april 2017. After that i bought a gecko teratoscincus roborowskii which was very interesting but i sold it as i  wanted some...

She passed away during the night, at least it was fast, woke up this morning and she was hanging in a weird way...

 here is a video of her

She is kind old now, got her in august and she was already L3... I didnt think it would make me so sad to see her in this state... One of her leg was black for a few days, i fed her yesterday, and saw that she wasnt moving much.... not really agressive towards its preys (its a sphodromantis...

sad to hear that. any idea how long before she died was the abdomen pulsating ?

I went to a pet store and bought a nano compact top on which i screwed a exoterra reptile light, http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/reptile_uvb100.php I'm very satisfied of it, the enclosure is a bit warmer, the plants will probably grow better and the mantis will get some UV which is also...

Nice it must be a mantis religiosa. Too bad i have no mantis living in the wild in my country

i will try to make a video if i see her doing those weird things again. right now she is very calm on top of the cage.

Sad to hear she passed. For your next mantis i suggest you to inform yourself a lot on their natural environment and try to recreate it. You can check my thread about my terrarium, i tried to do it as natural as i could. I do not think she died because of not having a good environment but next...

saw her poo today. but still really weird things are happening... im really worried, she has been shaking her head and looked like it was not her controlling the shaking... her abdomen is still moving in a really weird way.... i dont know what to do...

Nice molt man, mine did also molt from the top of the cage and once from a stick. they are quite good at finding a good molting spot. next molt should be in like 3 weeks, at least for my sphodromantis it took 3 weeks

she ate a grasshopper and now the black spots are back. I think it might just be that we can see through her skin ? what do you think ? thanks a lot for helping

Thank you so much for your advices. I woke up to see that she just molted succesfully, the black dots arent here anymore, and now, honestly i think you are right though about the constipation. I will mist the cage three times a day to keep really high humidity. right now the abdomen seems...

Thanks for your advices in the other thread. I will be buying new lights soon and i will post them when i get them.