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Food and Feeding
Adult Female P. Paradoxa Feeding Regimen?
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<blockquote data-quote="Graceface" data-source="post: 330146" data-attributes="member: 11024"><p>I feed my female adult ghosts every other day, about 4-5 BBF. If I offered daily feedings, they would take them, I bet</p><p></p><p>Sub males get 2 BBF. When I've offered more at a feeding they do not eat more so I feel 2 is the magic number for male subs. </p><p></p><p>I haven't tried daily feedings of male Ghosts, as I've found if you offer larger meals at a 2-3 day interval they aren't hungry between meals and won't eat if fed. I also haven't tried speeding them up and slowing down my Ghost females, either (orchids, yes. Ghosts, no) so I have little personal experience to speak from. I would try feeding more at a time to your males, as I think having a more full abdomen would encourage the mantis to molt, similar to how a large meal makes us pop the button of our pants to make room for the food. Plus, more food in the mantis equals more energy to molt</p><p></p><p>It seems you are keeping them quite a bit warmer than I would recommend. Can your females be kept in the lower 70s? That would help the slowing of their metabolism </p><p></p><p>I feel your predicament as I have some males currently that have been subs for 3 MONTHS and still haven't molted. One finally molted this morning, thankfully. Now if Jeff would just follow suit! </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graceface, post: 330146, member: 11024"] I feed my female adult ghosts every other day, about 4-5 BBF. If I offered daily feedings, they would take them, I bet Sub males get 2 BBF. When I've offered more at a feeding they do not eat more so I feel 2 is the magic number for male subs. I haven't tried daily feedings of male Ghosts, as I've found if you offer larger meals at a 2-3 day interval they aren't hungry between meals and won't eat if fed. I also haven't tried speeding them up and slowing down my Ghost females, either (orchids, yes. Ghosts, no) so I have little personal experience to speak from. I would try feeding more at a time to your males, as I think having a more full abdomen would encourage the mantis to molt, similar to how a large meal makes us pop the button of our pants to make room for the food. Plus, more food in the mantis equals more energy to molt It seems you are keeping them quite a bit warmer than I would recommend. Can your females be kept in the lower 70s? That would help the slowing of their metabolism I feel your predicament as I have some males currently that have been subs for 3 MONTHS and still haven't molted. One finally molted this morning, thankfully. Now if Jeff would just follow suit! [/QUOTE]
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