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That really sucks, I'm so sorry. Hopefully things will only get better from this point.

So I now have 3 mantids instead of one and I'm pretty sure the collection will grow. Someone stop me before it's too late Here's Elizabeth Bathory, my female Hierodula majuscula Ripley, my adult female Rhombodera And the new addition! Here's Lilith, my female Gongylus gongylodes...

Ripley is in an exo terra 12x12x12 now after her last molt, she's doing just fine. Just make sure the perches are wayyy up so they don't decide to molt on the ******* floor like she did.

I've got heat mats under my enclosures, but sometimes just a regular desk lamp will get hot enough! And also the temp inside the enclosures tends to be higher than outside, so you could always put a thermometer inside to see if there's a difference. Ripley apparently likes to be cooked cause...

I'd boost the temp for the shield and rainforest (hierodula?), since they're pretty much tropical species and prefer temperatures around 75-85. I don't know much about budwings though  :)

They're looking good! She has been wiggling her butt and flapping them a bit and they look like completely normal mantis wings  :D

What a cutie! She's gonna get big, my shield just molted to adult and she's a real chunky monkey.

2 mantids, one poodle lol. Does a part time leased horse count?

Most likely food won't be an issue, if he can still use his raptors that's all he needs!

My big Rhombodera will tap the walls of her enclosure when she's trying to find something to hang on to. If he's still a baby that leg will probably sort itself out after his next molt! As long as he can still climb with his other legs he should be fine  :)

Actually, it looks like she's getting there herself! I turned her around so her head was facing up and she just started climbing. I'm keeping an eye on her so she doesn't fall AGAIN but I'd rather not mess with her too much at this point.

I'll try and see if I can't get her to turn so her head is up for the wings to dry.

Picture coming in a minute. Legs and neck are fine, neck is a tad bent but not much.

I'm not sure if she picked a ****** place to molt or if she just fell, but I found her half stuck in her old exuvia behind a branch. Pulled her out because she was head down on the ground, and the exuvia came off. Now she's really lethargic and I don't know if there's anything I can do to help...

So I finally figured out how to set up the current mantids! To the left is my Rhombodera, Ripley. I kept trying to get it so that she can get to the mesh top without having to use the glass to climb, she's big & clumsy lol. To the right is my Hierodula Elizabeth Bathory who is still...

I may or may not have fed all the males to my mantids... Haha but no, I did put some females and males in a container with soil avaliable and I saw some eggs so if I'm lucky I'll have thousands of pinheads! I separated the adults from the soil and now I'm just waiting tbh

They have a little plastic cup cut in half filled with coconut fiber now! Don't know if I'm getting any fertile eggs from it but the fattest females have slimmed down considerably  :D

Jealous! I convinced my family that jumpers aren't too scary but no one has any ready to sell where I live  <_<

Her name is Ripley, I wanted to give her a name based on a hero because of the shield and my mom said she looks like an alien so Ripley it is. As for the villain names, my Hierodula is called Elizabeth Bathory so I'm definitely with you on that  :D

Welcome, I have a shield too!