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We ended up putting them outside in the trees and bushes, which probably wasn't the best solution but it was the easyest. :oops: I have plenty of food for 6 or 7, but shy of 300 is pushing the supply a little. Our yard it teaming with small bugs and insects though, so it should help cut...

Would if I could, but I think I'd need to be God. It'll probably be more like six or seven. And like I said, I had a lot of :roll: 'late bloomers', so theres no telling how many are loose in the house. (We think we got all of them, but they're so small!) Thanks! I'll do some homework and...

Maybe the reason mantids live longer with less feedings is emotional. Maybe they feel they have something to look forward to; their next meal. It keeps them going because it's all they have to worry about. In the wild, they would have to worry about the next meal, the temperature, the...

They Finnaly Hatched! As of July 3rd, my outh finnaly started poping out mantids. I got about 200, then we didn't see any more. I learned this morning though it can be a good idea to keep the outh in a container for several weeks after the initial hatch though. We woke up to about 60 more...

Mine Finnaly hatched!! (Actually, it was 3 days ago, on July 3rd, but I'm just now getting to post.) So I haven't been bitten or nibbled yet, but I know to expect it now. (A few of them are already starting to act tough, but as soon as they see you arn't intimidated they run.)

LOL Don't push your luck, it's good where it is. :lol:

Oops. :oops: Well, it did happen in a good spot I guess. :roll: And it dousn't realy bother me, but I'd better mention now that I'm a girl. (I can see how it would be hard to tell when I mention having pets like snakes and toads, I won't think of that as a girl thing either.) Sorry...

I already had my flie cultures going for some small toads I have, but my last batch looks weird. It usually turns blue when mixed with water, but it looks like white pourage instead. I can't tell if there are any magots in it yet, but saying there are, will it affect my pets any to feed them...

My family might kill me if I try taking the whole house over for my pets again. (And by the way; I found that garter snakes just love Christmas Trees!) So my mantids will have to make do with a small 2 1/2 gal. fish tank. I only plan to keep one or at most three in there at a time, but I may...

HI! This is my fist time trying to raise mantids, though I've already had quite a collection of other pets, and I came here looking for advice on raising them. It's realy helped! Something I'm sure everyone will notice about me sooner or later is that I'm not a very good speller, so I...

Cool! I'm glad it's as simple as a misting bottle! I was starting to fear I would have to search and find some fancy 'moisture gel,' like I ended up doing for my crickets once. I also like the evergreen pieces idea, I might have to try that some day. :)

Everything needs water to survive, but how can I make sure my pets don't drownd in it?

I haven't ever tried to restrict a mantids eating yet, because this will be my first batch. But I've had plenty of other types of pets such as toads and fish that I've found do well with the restricted feeding idea. For instance, the normal life span of a beta (fish) is about one year, but...