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Surprisingly she's still alive this morning. I was expecting her to pass in the night. I removed all of her fake plants so she wouldn't be tempted to climb in her current state, and she's sitting not far from where I left her last night. I don't really know what to do besides continuing to offer...

I put a wiggly mealworm in front of her, zero feeding response. I pulled off its head and stuck the juices to her mouth, she nibbled for a second and pushed it away. I tried putting it in her claws to feed herself and she just tossed it away. I offered water drops and she pushed herself away.

She fell just a little bit ago, and she's having a hard time standing up. Her abdomen looks great overall besides the sack. The sack is small, dark, dry and hard as a rock. I tried picking her up by her thorax since she wouldn't step up on my hand and she reached around and pinched the snot out...

No, I don't think she fell when she molted. She was hanging on the top and her shed was on the fake plants below her. I still haven't fed her yet. Her abdomen hasn't really changed in shape or size so I doubt she's starving. She also ate quite a bit the day before her molt. The sack is much more...

I've posted these pictures tons of places and no one has any clue, but most seem to doubt intestines because the skin is so clear and there is no fluid. Someone did suggest a hemolymph sack but couldn't find any good diagrams to show me. A tracheal sack is the only other thing someone has...

Finally got better pictures! I also added notes to better explain what we're looking at. Unedited bubble:  Bubble with notes: Molt: Molt with notes:

I hate to keep bumping the thread but I'm trying not to panic. I'd normally feed her after shedding but I'm scared to do so if that's part of her intestines sticking out. If it is part of her intestines sticking out though I guess there's nothing I can do for her anyways. I've done surgery on a...

I just realized it's coming out of right out of the side of her abdomen where the bend was because of her floppy butt. OTL It looks like it's coming out of the space between her abdomen segments. I wish I could get a better picture but she is absolutely not happy and I don't want to stress her...

@MantisGirl13 This is the best I could do! My partner left for work and his phone is so much better than mine. I also didn't want to mess with it too much because it seemed to be stressing her out. Her bottom right wing was still damp and sticking to the sac. It seems to be sticky? And when I...

There is no fluid int he sac at all. It doesn't seem to hinder her except that it's in the way of her rear leg. I could get a clearer pic, but I'd have to take her out of her enclosure. I can try to be very gentle, but I'm not sure how dry she is after shedding. Her wings are still pretty floppy.

I woke up this morning to a pale mantis and I knew she had molted, so I went about my morning routine to let her dry and harden. I came back a little while later and there is a MASSIVE bubble sticking out of her side! WHAT AM I LOOKING AT!? I thought it was intestines but wouldn't intestines...

Absolutely stunning. Those eyes are gorgeous.

Creo? More like Oreo! What a cutie.

@CuriosityI agree with @MantisGirl13! If you don't feel comfortable ripping the heads off by hand, you can pretty easily pop the head off with a butter knife, and they tend to wiggle quite a bit after (sorry to sound grim!) so you shouldn't have problems triggering her prey drive. The best part...

@hysteresisMmm yes, a fellow King fan. I recently got The Institute but I've been working so much lately that I keep getting distracted from reading it. I'm one of those people that if I set a book down too long I completely forget what was happening and have to start over. OTL It's been really...

8/27 (late at night) - Ordered springtails and assorted dwarf isopods. Website says they process orders sunday-thursday. If the order is processed sunday, I should get them monday or tuesday (I'm very close to them). Great prices, great people. Let's see how they do! 💪 8/29 - Got an email...

You agree I have big hands too?! No big hand respect on this site. None at all. :P  

Big hand club unite! 💪

I've been tempted to just get them from my local pet stores, because I can actually look at the roaches and see their size, guess their age, and evaluate their health, but only two chains sell them here (petsmart and pet supplies plus), and both stores (psp less so) are a bit iffy overall. No...