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PanTerra Pets has some cups for sale, as well as some stuff inside and a misting bottle. I'm not sure about their international shipping though.

Hmmm, I know the cups that are used are the 32 oz deli cups--have you tried looking in stores for them? Just cut out a little circle in the lid and glue down some mesh and you're good to go.

MantisPlace is where I get mine, though I'm not sure how much international shipping would cost.

My little guys are doing great, thank you very much! And you litter trained your rats? That's awesome! I assume you trained them yourself, how long did that take?

I'm jealous of your rats, they look so cute! I'd love to get some, but alas I don't have the space.

Welcome!

I'm terrified of roaches unfortunately  :unsure:  I've thought about it but I know there's just no way I'd be able to raise them, they freak me out a lot--maybe as I get more used to bugs I'll change my mind!

I wouldn't want to use crickets in any case--I've read too many horror stories of crickets attacking mantises. I'm in class or at work most of the time so I know I wouldn't be able to stop anything like that  :(  I think I might just stick to mealworms and flies.

I've actually fed them the mealworms (who have eaten carrots) twice, and my boys are alive and well days later. I think it might just be a cricket thing?

Just an update, all! I fed a mealworm to one of my ghosts--this mealworm had indeed eaten carrots. This was a few days ago, and my mantis is perfectly fine!

I use oats (though I'm looking to get wheat bran), corn meal, and dried milk powder. My cultures are admittedly rather new (3 weeks old).

Trust me, I'm not going to feed the worms styrofoam  :P  Like I mentioned, they're eating oats, cornmeal, and milk powder--I wouldn't even dream of feeding them stuff that would hurt my mantises.

Welcome!

Really? I know they'll chew up cardboard but I didn't know about styrofoam, though I can't imagine it would be great for the mantises.

Thank you very much @Jessie @hibiscusmile That's actually why I got into mantis keeping, they do calm me and give me something to ground myself on

@crabbypatty Thank you very much!!

@crabbypatty Will the mantises still be interested in eating the worms?

Glad to hear it, Jessie!

I'm also a newbie, but I'd recommend, from my experiences, to be very cautious when you handle the nymphs. Some of them can and will jump. My two ghosts have never given me trouble but I lost an Indian Flower because he basically kamikazed from my hand and the other still tries to jump from time...

Thanks for all the input guys! I'm going to switch them out to potatoes soon since I just don't want to take any chances. The mealworms already seem gorged so hopefully it won't take long to get the carrots out of their systems.