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Thanks everyone, I'm happy to say feeding number 2 went a lot smoother and he ate a whole cricket this time. I will say it's lucky their mandibles aren't sharp enough to do much damage. It's actually pretty sad but after he's done biting he gets to eating.

So, I'm happy to say after an hour of being attacked he ate 1/4 of a cricket. Very difficult to coddle him so he could eat, I actually had to delicately hold him in his torso/ back area while he ate. I'm glad he ate and I'll do what I have to to keep him fed, I would say happy but I can't...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, and I will post some pics tomorrow.

Thank you, I will try that. For the moment I'll give him some honey.

I don't know how, last week I noticed 2 had fell off, and the today 1 more. He's about 7 months old and hasn't grown wings yet, so you think they may grow back?

My African Budwing Mantis has lost 3 of his legs in the last 2 weeks. He now only has 1 back leg and his 2 front legs. At this point I don't think he's going to be able to eat live food. I really don't know what to do he's my little buddy. Any ideas? I really don't want him to suffer.