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It has been so long, and we still haven't gotten one. Unfortunately, I had a run of bad news, with many illnesses in my family. We have been dealing with heart attacks, cancer, and luekemia. Not fun stuff. Fortunately, things are beginning to settle down now, and hopefully we will finally be...

The boys kind of have their heart set on a ghost now. We may end up with more that one kind, if things go well with the first guy. :)

That's cool. What a good idea. I wish I could donate something cool, but it's gonna take me a while just to get all the things for my boys before their birthday. We live on a very tight budget, but we have some creative ways of saving money. :)

Awesome. Thanks, guys. :)

Thanks again! I'm learning so much, so fast. :)

If we want to use things from outside, should we be worried about parasites/diseases? What is the safest thing to wash leaves and plants in? Dawn dish soap? White vinegar? What about twigs and branches? Do you bake them? Or is all of that unnecessary for mantids?

Thanks. I was just worried about their eyes. It mind sound funny, but certain snakes can be blinded by the use of certain lights, so I wanted to make sure. I did see Spongeworld! It seemed so cool, because my kids have been begging for a glow aquarium, but after seeing that, I thought why not a...

Great info! That helps a lot in giving me a good idea of how to set up the enclosure. :) It will be really cool to see it for the first time, unless of course, like our little corn snake friend, he always does it in the middle of the night! It seems like our experience with having a snake is...

We will not be releasing outside for now. (I have to look into that more because we live in such a cold climate, I would feel guilty.) We are definitely thinking ghosts. I am currently looking into making a really cool blacklight habitat out of a tall 13 gallon aquarium. We have a separate net...

Thanks, guys, for your answers! I am glad to know that I can help my son follow his dream. I am not against him owning a tarantula, but I just want him to get a little older. It's those stinging hairs that worry me, not so much the bite. I was swarmed by yellow jackets as a kid, and stung by...

Isopods are rolly-pollies, right? Or some people call them pill bugs, I think? This is good info to have. I bet that would work really well for a natural enclosure. :)

Good to know. :)

Sorry, guys, for all my questions! I have so many right now! I guess I'm just excited. My twins have asked us many times to make our aquariums into glow fish tanks, but we love the natural, fully planted look, so I have been thinking how cool it would be to design them a really neat blacklight...

I was kind of hoping it would be alright. I tend to be of the opinion that bigger is usually better for living things. I was just worried about air flow. How often do you clean your enclosures? Do you ever have issues with mold? I may be asking for it with this enclosure as far as maintenance...

Even if we feed in a separate enclosure, like a small critter keeper, netting enclosure, or even a deli cup? I didn't really plan to feed in the enclosure.

We don't have any pets yet. We want to have everything planned out before we bring new babies home. We are thinking about ghosts, Indian flowers, Asian greens, or maybe an african? We are newbies, so trying to keep it kind of easy. We do have one of those pop-up netting enclosures we can use for...

So is the general opinion that communal housing is always a no-no? I was reading up on the ghosts, and wondering how much space you'd need to safely house 2 together, but maybe that is a bad idea?

After all my reading, I am wondering if we will be able to use the big tank we have. Originally, I thought it would be good because it is tall, and roomy, and holds humidity well, but now I am not sure. My concern is ventilation. The tank is a glass aquarium, I believe 13 gallons. It is almost...

Can anyone describe the Molting process for me, in detail, and how to properly care for a mantis during this time? What is best to use in your enclosure for molting? How creative can we get with it, like what all materials can be used to create options for molting? Felt? Yarn? Pot scrubbers...

Can you not use a thermostat with the heat mat? I use one for the under tank heater on my snake vivarium. That way you can just set the heat at whatever temperature you want. I haven't made a mantis enclosure just yet, so I don't know if there is some reason this wouldn't work, but I just...