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General Mantid Discussions
Just ordered my first Mantis and have some questions about handling and feeding.
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<blockquote data-quote="Predatorhousepet" data-source="post: 316163" data-attributes="member: 10650"><p>The more you handle your mantises the more they will trust you. They get used to you and even recognize you as a safe person over other people. </p><p></p><p>Fruit flies are extremely tiny, you won't be able to pick them up with fingers or even tweezers. Besides tapping the container to keep knocking them down you can also put the entire ff cup in the fridge for a few minutes to slow them down. Then you just shake however many you need into a separate container. You can tap that container to keep them from crawling out and add them to your mantis's enclosure or you can put your mantis in the second container with the flies. Depending on the size of your new mantis it may eat only a couple flies or many but don't overdo it. Too many flies in the container at once can stress out the mantis, you can always add more later if he eats them all. Since you are getting a Hierodula java it will likely have a big appetite. It will quickly outgrow the fruit flies so I'd recommend looking into buying some housefly pupae or similar sized prey for the very near future. </p><p></p><p>Adding twigs to a dedicated feeding container is fine but not completely necessary, mantises spend the vast majority of time hanging from the ceiling of whatever they are in. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predatorhousepet, post: 316163, member: 10650"] The more you handle your mantises the more they will trust you. They get used to you and even recognize you as a safe person over other people. Fruit flies are extremely tiny, you won't be able to pick them up with fingers or even tweezers. Besides tapping the container to keep knocking them down you can also put the entire ff cup in the fridge for a few minutes to slow them down. Then you just shake however many you need into a separate container. You can tap that container to keep them from crawling out and add them to your mantis's enclosure or you can put your mantis in the second container with the flies. Depending on the size of your new mantis it may eat only a couple flies or many but don't overdo it. Too many flies in the container at once can stress out the mantis, you can always add more later if he eats them all. Since you are getting a Hierodula java it will likely have a big appetite. It will quickly outgrow the fruit flies so I'd recommend looking into buying some housefly pupae or similar sized prey for the very near future. Adding twigs to a dedicated feeding container is fine but not completely necessary, mantises spend the vast majority of time hanging from the ceiling of whatever they are in. [/QUOTE]
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Just ordered my first Mantis and have some questions about handling and feeding.
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