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The new mantid molted just fine (it did so that very evening in fact). I have them in small plastic condiment shakers (like the kind they put cheese in in pizza places) with coffee filter set in the lids to keep in the fruit flies, "twigs" of craft mesh, and coconut husk substrate (the Eco Earth...

Well three days later and not only has the living one come through molting with flying colors (grew back part of a missing leg at that) but I just got another of it's siblings to care for. It looks like that one is about ready to go through the same molt, but this time I'm misting the living...

I did but to no avail. And the only other mantis I have was from the same ooth so it was a pretty good bet that it would shed today or tomorrow too (and it did, it's hanging and presumably hardening now). It was so small I dont think my tarantulas would have even noticed it, and I'm not sure I...

Yeah, that's pretty much what I expected. I made some attempts at getting it free but I can tell it's pretty much a lost cause. Its body seems to have hardened into a C shape and there's no way it'll survive like that. I have another nymph from the same ooth, I was going to feed them today but...

One of my nymphs (I think it's a Chinese) is in the middle of a molt and it's looking pretty bad. I think this is either L1 to L2 or L2 to L3. I found it on the floor of its enclosure but I'm not sure if it started there or fell. It seemed to be having trouble getting anything free so I decided...

I finally took the plunge. It involved much use of their desire to go up and a little judicious application of a small piece of craft mesh but in the end they both got where they needed to. Of course now I have to deal with spritzing and feeding, but so far it's been ok. It was kind of nice to...

I can't speak to most of the rest of this, but I can speak to one thing... Honey is hydroscopic (attracts water), that is part of its effectiveness as an antimicrobial. So it is likely that using honey as a sealant will have bad effects on anything inside the oothaca by dessicating it. There...

Easy peasy: http://tangled-web.us/randomhidden/hedgehog_food.doc And really I can't say enough for chins and quills If you're interested in a book don't bother with anything but The Hedgehog Primer http://hedgehogvalley.com/primer.html Read through the site a bit and you'll get a lot of...

Hey no worries from this end, it would be downright crazy to put all the work into raising my little mantids just to sacrifice them when feed crickets are worlds cheaper, safer, (and uglier!). Seriously though, sometimes it looks my tarantulas are sizing me up, that's just something you don't...

I'm pretty thorough about researching my pets, but that's why I'm here in the first place :D There's a fabulous forum called Chins and Quills http://www.chins-n-quills.com which is where I get most of my info. They're really helpful and the site is pretty well organized. Elric gets huffy...

You wouldn't happen to be in NY would you. :D Hedgehogs are pretty varied in personality, but sometimes they're just downright grumpy. My Elric has been getting better over time, but he's still decidedly of the grumpus variety. You learn how to handle them pretty quickly, the worst is...

Once it hits sub-adult that will definately eat a mantis.

Jealous! They're on the very top of my wishlist.

An adult female will be an average of about 4.5 to 6 inches, generally measured from the tip of a front leg on one side to the tip of the opposite rear leg. Are you trying to figure out whether you have a male? Males will have a similar legspan, but tend to be much smaller bodied with a...

Thanks everyone! Well I got my two little ones yesterday. I don't know what sp. they are, but they're sort of a dried grass color (sort of a pale muted green/tan) and look pretty much like what I'd expect to see around here (Long Island NY that is). Based on a quick spin around the google image...

Hi everyone! Lets see, the basic details... My name is Lorena. I'm in my late 20s and from New York. I'm not currently working but I'm looking to go back to school for a second masters in family and marital therapy soon (I have a masters in forensic psych already but am interested in getting...