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They can stand upright on the sticks fine. She ended up molting abdomen first though and it got stuck and even after I freed it she couldn't get out all the way as she started incorrectly. 

She couldn't make it through the last of the shed overnight. I think I have an L7 curse. (Another one has a bend in the thorax)

Edit: I freed her abdomen from the shed, now it is the hope that she can do the rest overnight.

Another health issue with my children. It looks like she has gotten stuck in it.

Her condition deteriorated very suddenly. She practically died, her body tensed up and hard to move, with only the faintest twitches coming from her. I decided to euthanize her with the freezer. I will now watch my other 8 like a hawk for any sign of shedding to prevent this. R.I.P Trice

She isn't really taking to the mix well, and now she won't even eat honey. I am wondering if her mouth parts got gunked up from the mix at all, as she won't even bite/vomit when I place a finger to her mouth when I pick her up. (I am now considering euthanizing her via fridge but I will wait...

I got her to eat some bug guts, but I think today I will try that PB, Honey, Bug, Water mixture. She can move her limbs, but has a hard time moving and doesn't like to. One of her front legs is also missing now the little claw end part; it broke away without much done at all.(On her paper towel...

I came home to find that my mantis had shed into an L7 but fell during the process. I helped her out of the remaining shed but she isn't looking swell. Her hind legs have bends and her front claws are really messed up. I swapped her over to a paper towel filled enclosure for softer falling and...