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Mantid Discussions
Food and Feeding
Any way of liquifying chitin? Got a mantis that can only take liquids
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<blockquote data-quote="birdiefu" data-source="post: 284264" data-attributes="member: 8537"><p>Sorry about your girl's feeding problem. Honestly I don't think there is too much of a need for them to eat chitin itself, as they should be able to synthesize their own from carbohydrate and protein sources. Mantids also don't eat very hard-shelled prey either. As long as they can get essential micronutrients (which chitin itself doesn't have much of) from the rest of the prey, plus enough carbs, proteins, and fats (protein from bug guts, carbs can be supplemented with honey/milk, fats are high in stuff like waxworms), I don't see the lack of eating chitin itself as being too detrimental for enough growth from one molt to the next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birdiefu, post: 284264, member: 8537"] Sorry about your girl's feeding problem. Honestly I don't think there is too much of a need for them to eat chitin itself, as they should be able to synthesize their own from carbohydrate and protein sources. Mantids also don't eat very hard-shelled prey either. As long as they can get essential micronutrients (which chitin itself doesn't have much of) from the rest of the prey, plus enough carbs, proteins, and fats (protein from bug guts, carbs can be supplemented with honey/milk, fats are high in stuff like waxworms), I don't see the lack of eating chitin itself as being too detrimental for enough growth from one molt to the next. [/QUOTE]
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Any way of liquifying chitin? Got a mantis that can only take liquids
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