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Thanks for the advice hibiscusmile, really appreciate it. Ill give it a go and let you know how i get on. :rolleyes:

Thanks for that...ill give it a go, don't want to just let him starve :rolleyes:

My level 3/4 ghost can no longer catch prey as his forearms ar damaged after his last molt. He is able to move around but his forearms just dont retract properly, they are fixed in place... Is it still possible to hand feed him if he can't grasp prey? I have tried but he doesn't seem...

Thanks, He is moving about ok and looking at prey he only molted last night..ill try and get a photo to post

Hi, My level 3 Ghost just molted, he was slightly tangled and still had some old skin attached to his head that he couldn't shake, i managed to remove it. His front arms don't seem to be sitting right, he can't retract them properly they seem fixed at a right angle.....Will he still be able to...

Maybe it was an infection, as I had been feeding him grasshoppers for quite a while during the summer...it was probably just one bad one perhaps?. Anyway you live and learn, I was trying to give him gut loaded food to beef him up a bit...quite ironic that it had the reverse effect. You live...

'popping their clogs means dying'. Thanks for the input guys... the open wound is still a bit of a mystery? Hopefully will have better luck next time.

My chinese male just died and I can't figure out how it happened. He has been fine over the last couple of days, moving around and eating. I have been feeding him moths and grasshoppers from outside for a couple of weeks and he didn't seem to have any problems tackling them. I had recently put...

:D Thanks for the info! I think i willl try out different humidity levels when start owning some more mantids. This is only the second i have owned and i am still new to keeping them.

Hi, I have a L5 chinese male that is a darkish tan colour, i have heard that humidity levels can affect colour. Is this correct, do higher humidity levels cause a change as I have seen some examples of green coloured chinese mantids? Cheers Jon. Uk.

Hi all, my name is Jon from the UK. I have owned two mantids, firstly a male African Twig Mantis (Popa spurca ? correct me if im wrong!) that I had from a nymph to adult, and I currnently own a L4 chinese male who shed last night in fact. I am fascinated by these creatures and look forward to...