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I have never seen any studies. That experiment sounds great! We appreciate your sacrifice. I am starting to think that carrots are just the most common thing that stores feed their crickets. I think all strong mantids can fight a little mold and/or they may even have some normally in their...

She was fine? Did she eat anything different? Did she accidentally get too hot? That is weird. I am so sorry for your loss.

Thanks. Sorry it took you so long. Yeah, it's actually taking me long too because I'm so afraid that everything I do is wrong. I love my babies sooo much! I cleaned my tanks with vinegar and let them heat in the sun, then I washed with water twice because I'm afraid of anything and even the...

Yeah, you are right! That why I was surprised when I performed a test that was negative for gram negative bacteria. From all the playing around I did with Candida, this is the first time it resulted in Candida tropicalis instead of Candida albicans. Also, the agar turned blue in a matter of...

Yes, it is a fungus, and I believe that is what the mites were eating. My moss is from the reptile store, but yes I have some sticks that were from the outdoors. I guess I figured that in Arizona there is not much mold or fungus. You're right though, there can still be mold and especially...

I wrote another post with more details that may be boring, so I just wanted to do a quick post. I tested my mantid's puke and it came out positive for candida tropicalis. I need to add that my home environment is not sterile, so it may not be accurate. I am also just a student who makes many...

How adorable!!!!

Long story short: I had a bad batch of crickets that resulted in 3 deaths and 1 is still puking (she still eats flies and honey). I am a student and I had 2 hardy chrome candida agars and 1 MacConkey agar in my fridge. That is not necessarily what I wanted to test, but that it what I had on...

yeah, my one that is puking ate honey yesterday like crazy! Maybe she knows it will help!

Aww. That's awful. I've used yellow cricket quencher without problems. I didn't know the orange was carrot based. Interesting.

sorry for your losses. :mad: Hmmm. Yeah, I'm starting to think there is something wrong with carrots.

I have seen many posts and read many different things on the internet about feeder crickets fed carrots and killing the mantids feeding on them. I was always so scared of hurting my babies that it took a long time before I tried it. I would always first change the cricket guts to kale or...

Thanks everyone. I sold a couple ooths and gave a couple away. I didn't realize how sick she was when she laid the last couple which I'm sure won't hatch. I will try to hatch the rest in my garden, and maybe raise 1 or 2 nymphs. The crazy thing is that she died from eating bad crickets. She...

Sorry for your loss. So sad. But 11 months is great! I tell mine before they die that they are going to Mandy-land where they can eat all the honey bees and crickets they want!

I know what your talking about with the split ooths. That happened with my one of my indoor females. Triangle head's ooths are whole. Her average ooth length is 3.5 -4cm. I just measured: the 13th ooth is 1.5cm, and the 14th ooth is a little less than 1 cm. Her 14th ooth was laid after she...

She laid a baby 14th ooth, and died 2 days later. I'm so heartbroken.

Hmmm. Really? Have you heard anything about being wild, captive, wild. . .? I couldn't hatch them indoors, so I took so outdoor nymphs. I did so bad, that I do not want to raise them from nymphs again. But the outdoor adults that I saved from the cold are doing great! I just can't go...

She died 2 days after laying the ooth. :mad: The less I fed her, the smaller the ooth. She seemed to lay every 2 weeks no matter how fat she was. So, when you don't feed them much anymore, do they live comfortably? How long is the life span as an adult? Most of my indoor ones average...

I have iris oratoria. Just to let you know, my strongest mantids came from ooths that were not diapaused. The ooths were laid in August and hatched late September/October. They were outdoor in temperatures over 100 degrees though. I would listen to the other posts, because I am new to this...

I'm not sure how to cancel so I'm editing for now. I'm not sure the ooths are ok, so I'm cancelling.