BINGO I win

[sueb4653]

Finally after hrs of trying he finally got it right YAAAAAA they are now hanging in her cage attached

 

[Mime454]

Yay! Congrats. I have one male and 2 females at pre-subadult. I hope that I do not have this much difficulty.

 

[Paradoxica]

I knew they could do it!

 

[sueb4653]

Yay! Congrats. I have one male and 2 females at pre-subadult. I hope that I do not have this much difficulty.

phew "wiping the sweat from my brow" that was hard work

 

[stacy]

yay!

 

[gripen]

Do you win or does he win

Seriously though congrats. Was this your first time?

 

[sueb4653]

Do you win or does he win

Seriously though congrats. Was this your first time?

This was the first time for the asians I had the griffins mate (which I was told would be hard) for the me the asians where hard

and he only wins if he doesnt lose his head

 

[sueb4653]

1 1/2 hrs and still going strong

 

[JSaff86]

congrats! so did you have to help him out or did he do it by himself?

 

[sueb4653]

did it all by his self I had them on my hand I kept making the female move

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Did my technique work for you?

 

[sueb4653]

I had them on my hand and he seemed to just get it this time plus I kept jiggleing my hand making the female move more

 

[sueb4653]

4 hrs and they finally disconnected

 

[Rick]

Well I think them being on your hand had something to do with your difficulties. Four hours is probably fine, but they usually mate for longer. It is best to wait until they are connected and then not disturb or watch them. I have a thread on her with my mating technique that works well for these. In fact the mantids I used in the thread is the same species.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I wanna play too! Bingo I mean!

 

[sueb4653]

Well I think them being on your hand had something to do with your difficulties. Four hours is probably fine, but they usually mate for longer. It is best to wait until they are connected and then not disturb or watch them. I have a thread on her with my mating technique that works well for these. In fact the mantids I used in the thread is the same species.

Rick I had them on my hands after days and hrs of leaving them alone

 

[slytle90]

Aww thats awesome! I bet you are happy.

 

[Reptiliatus]

Good stuff!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Nice! So keeping them in different parts of the house worked, like I suggested?