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Food and Feeding
Could one raise a mantis purely through hand feeding?
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<blockquote data-quote="VerminLord" data-source="post: 349104" data-attributes="member: 13420"><p>I hand feed all my mantids when I am feeding stuff that dosn't fly. Definately can be done, but without juicy, freshly killed and oozing feeders to entice their feeding response they are apt to avoid the food or slap it out of your hand, so it will be somewhat time consuming although with only 1 or 2 Mantids definitely doable. I would try adding moisture by dipping the freeze-dried feeders into water or something. I freaking hate killing stuff off to feed. Hell, I hate feeding off animals at all. Almost ruins the hobby for me, but not quite. Personally, I feel like every mealworm has its own personality! My animal empathy is off the charts, but as an animal lover I don't see any way around it, unless I go for all plant eaters and then even plants strive to live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VerminLord, post: 349104, member: 13420"] I hand feed all my mantids when I am feeding stuff that dosn't fly. Definately can be done, but without juicy, freshly killed and oozing feeders to entice their feeding response they are apt to avoid the food or slap it out of your hand, so it will be somewhat time consuming although with only 1 or 2 Mantids definitely doable. I would try adding moisture by dipping the freeze-dried feeders into water or something. I freaking hate killing stuff off to feed. Hell, I hate feeding off animals at all. Almost ruins the hobby for me, but not quite. Personally, I feel like every mealworm has its own personality! My animal empathy is off the charts, but as an animal lover I don't see any way around it, unless I go for all plant eaters and then even plants strive to live. [/QUOTE]
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