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Not yet, but still hanging in there!

Anyone?

Hi guys You may have seen my post about my female Orchid who has had abdomen health problems. We seem to be on top of it with honey water and less feeding. However, on average how many soldier flies / BBf should she eat in a day?  I don't want to over feed her in case that was the problem...

I'll post a photo later when I get out of bed 🤣 She continues to stay alert, seems more mobile lately, definitely pooping fine, still hungry too. In case it was over feeding, how much should a female L6 orchid eat? We have gone down to one soldier fly every other day at the moment with honey...

I can't wait for the molt either, I'm just not sure when it will be!

This is right now. She is alert, walking around, interested in food, she seems completely normal apart from the translucent spots and dark spots! As you can see in this video she was finally in the right position for me to video, that as she pulsate her abdomen at times, you can see the black...

She is most likely L6, she wasn't a nymph when we got her but she could have only had 1 molt before us, and has had 4 very easy/successful molts with us. We can see definite wing buds now.

http://imgur.com/gallery/6xXM5ke

This morning - still transluscent patches, but alert and alive as ever, we have risked a soldier fly and she took it with gusto. Abdomen possibly decreasing in size which is good, I'm just worried that what could have happened is an internal rupture, hence her meals and honey water are just...

She is happily lapping at honey water, I daren't give her a fly incase she is impacted and cannot fit it in. She is alert, eyes still look healthy, it's all very very strange. The ooze was more like a slightly more liquid poop as that was the first day she had a huge drink of honey after the...

She looks slightly less impacted today, she has been oozing out the back end so things are definitely moving.  She has however developed these strange 'outlines' of dots on all her leg petal lobes - is this just sign of a molt soon? She literally went from a flattish abdomen to hugely swollen...

That's my orchid!! Thanks for posting this.  She has faired a bit better with honey water only, I'll do a picture for you this morning.  She is very much still alive, alert if I bend down to her level to view her she still whips round like I could be the next meal, but at present I daren't feed her.