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My mantis seems to be afraid of his food?
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<blockquote data-quote="Predatorhousepet" data-source="post: 314850" data-attributes="member: 10650"><p>It might also be that his balance is affected because his wings and lower body were messed up in the mismolt and he is having trouble when he has to do something that requires a lot of coordination..like fight with prey. If he doesn't seem like he wants to eat and just bats away the food, take out the prey and leave him be, then try again in a couple days. If he's trying to catch the food but keeps dropping or missing it because of coordination problems you can try pre-killing his food for him by cutting off the head, and then hand feed with tweezers, holding it to his mouth so he tastes the goo oozing out of the insect. Once mantises get a taste of the gooey stuff they will realize it's food and take a few bites. Usually they will take it from you then...not always, sometimes you have to hold it there while they munch on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predatorhousepet, post: 314850, member: 10650"] It might also be that his balance is affected because his wings and lower body were messed up in the mismolt and he is having trouble when he has to do something that requires a lot of coordination..like fight with prey. If he doesn't seem like he wants to eat and just bats away the food, take out the prey and leave him be, then try again in a couple days. If he's trying to catch the food but keeps dropping or missing it because of coordination problems you can try pre-killing his food for him by cutting off the head, and then hand feed with tweezers, holding it to his mouth so he tastes the goo oozing out of the insect. Once mantises get a taste of the gooey stuff they will realize it's food and take a few bites. Usually they will take it from you then...not always, sometimes you have to hold it there while they munch on it. [/QUOTE]
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