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Floppy Abdomen and/or Abdomen Collapse
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<blockquote data-quote="MantisTrainer" data-source="post: 349980" data-attributes="member: 13575"><p>Hi everyone, as a few of you may know, I had 2 Chinese Mantises a couple of months back and one died due to what I suspected was abdomen-collapse syndrome, my other one is doing okay but has developed what I believe is floppy-abdomen syndrome after his 5th molt.</p><p>1. I've heard that tipping the enclosure so that all hanging surfaces are at an angle will help, I've done that, and I'm going to try to keep him upright during feeding. Is there anything else I can do to help him? I've heard that floppy-abdomen is often fatal so I want to act now before it gets worse.</p><p>2. is there a difference between floppy-abdomen and abdomen-collapse, and if there is, what is it? When the first one died I was pretty sure it was abdomen-collapse, but now I'm starting to think that it was something else. I've posted pictures of the one who died a few months ago and the one who has developed floppy-abdomen, any help is appreciated.</p><p>Mantis that died from possible abdomen-collapse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21402[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mantis with floppy abdomen:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21404[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21405[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MantisTrainer, post: 349980, member: 13575"] Hi everyone, as a few of you may know, I had 2 Chinese Mantises a couple of months back and one died due to what I suspected was abdomen-collapse syndrome, my other one is doing okay but has developed what I believe is floppy-abdomen syndrome after his 5th molt. 1. I've heard that tipping the enclosure so that all hanging surfaces are at an angle will help, I've done that, and I'm going to try to keep him upright during feeding. Is there anything else I can do to help him? I've heard that floppy-abdomen is often fatal so I want to act now before it gets worse. 2. is there a difference between floppy-abdomen and abdomen-collapse, and if there is, what is it? When the first one died I was pretty sure it was abdomen-collapse, but now I'm starting to think that it was something else. I've posted pictures of the one who died a few months ago and the one who has developed floppy-abdomen, any help is appreciated. Mantis that died from possible abdomen-collapse: [ATTACH type="full" width="318px"]21402[/ATTACH] Mantis with floppy abdomen: [ATTACH type="full" width="318px"]21404[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="312px"]21405[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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