Black fluid in thorax, clogged mouth

[CosbyArt]

Glad to hear she is doing great. Nice side-effect too, about her being tamer due to all the interaction.

 

[Sticky]

I am so glad!!! Now she can grow up and molt and be normal mouth wize.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Here's a video I took of her today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JpbiX5iX4

 

[CosbyArt]

Here's a video I took of her today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JpbiX5iX4

She's doing great, eating solid foods. if she can eat like that no need to worry about milk or anything like that. Glad she got through her ordeal, should clear up on her next molt - nothing worse than losing one if you have any chance of saving them.

The mobile link is throwing off the forum code (no video shown here directly) so here is the "standard" link

 

[birdiefu]

Congrats on her recovering so far and eating yummy guts on her own! Always great to hear stories that turn out happy...fingers crossed she comes out in tip-top shape after her next molt

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Well, actually she can't really eating solid food... You can't tell in the video because of her arm in front of it, but her right mandible is completely useless. It takes her twice as long to eat a gob of roach guts than an uninjured mantis.

Although I have stopped giving her milk, because she started grabbing roach halves on her own and I noticed her vomiting the milk if I gave her too much.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Well today her appetite is reduced and her wing buds are looking a little swollen.

 

[Mantis Man13]

Probably going to molt.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

She molted to adulthood this morning! Her mouth isn't perfect but it looks like she'll be able to eat fine. She came out pretty small but that was expected.

 

[CosbyArt]

She molted to adulthood this morning! Her mouth isn't perfect but it looks like she'll be able to eat fine. She came out pretty small but that was expected.

Best news I've heard in awhile, congrats it must be a relief. Glad to see she pulled through.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Here she is! She's really small.

http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/salmonsaladsandwic/media/image.jpg1_zpsuea2y6e5.jpg.html

And her mouth close up:

http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/salmonsaladsandwic/media/image.jpg2_zpsecocmrwl.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1

 

[CosbyArt]

Indeed part of her exoskeleton around her mouth on the right side appears to be thin/missing a bit; however, a vast improvement. Interesting that she is so small, is she about the same size as her sub-adult form?

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

No, she's bigger than when she was a subadult. However even as a subadult she wasn't the biggest even though she was one of my most voracious feeders as a pre- subadult.

 

[CosbyArt]

No, she's bigger than when she was a subadult. However even as a subadult she wasn't the biggest even though she was one of my most voracious feeders as a pre- subadult.

Okay well she's doing good then. I was curious nothing more. It is strange how some seem to be the runts of the ooth, and a few are even the giants too.

 

[mantisman 230]

Show a pic between the arms, might not be a chinese.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

She hatched out of the same ooth as the other Chinese.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Bad news... She can't eat solid food. I gave her a nice soft- bodied moth and she was chewing away at it for a good 15 minutes before she gave up and dropped it. I couldn't find any damage to it at all.

I guess this means I'll have to feed her soft stuff for the rest of her life.... It will be very difficult... And I'll have to be brave... It's going to take guts.

 

[Sticky]

The milk is good. Get some bee pollen and mix that is. Its a great combination.

 

[CosbyArt]

Bad news... She can't eat solid food. I gave her a nice soft- bodied moth and she was chewing away at it for a good 15 minutes before she gave up and dropped it. I couldn't find any damage to it at all.

I guess this means I'll have to feed her soft stuff for the rest of her life.... It will be very difficult... And I'll have to be brave... It's going to take guts.

Sorry to hear that. Likely the damage was too much for one molt to fix, or happened too late to be repaired in time.

I have two handicapped mantids and are some of my favorite pets, perhaps due to the extra time and bond that has been formed from it. If you can continue feeding her it is a rewarding experience, but I know others have put them down too. I wish you the best with your decision.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

I'm going to try to keep feeding her. After all she doesn't need to grow anymore.