My L4 budwing won't eat at all, hasn't for 6 days, but hasn't molted yet! Help!
Budwing 911
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superfreak
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you've obviously tried handfeeding?
try giving it some honey too
otherwise, give it a spray, sit tight and hope for the best!
try giving it some honey too
otherwise, give it a spray, sit tight and hope for the best!
sometimes it takes them a while to molt, there is nothing u can do but wait and see.
d17oug18
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took my mantises about a week and a half to 2 weeks to shed, didnt eat, didnt drink, just sat there, when they finally did molt about 2 days later they ate like it was there last meal lol. there still alive and this happened about a month ago. maybe shorter ^_^
He molted today. He is now L5 and doing beautifly. Thanks for your help guys!
u r welcome!
Problem. He is listless, not eating, and the center of his thorax is real thin. He hasn't eaten since he molted, and he is just sitting on the wall of the cage. He is turning darker and I don't know what is wrong!
mantidian
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try offering some honey or you could squeeze your feeder insect till the fluid comes out and slowly put it to it's mouth.
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I have to find a way to show you guys pictures of him
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I can't upload an image of him. All my images of him are too big.
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Never mind the pictures of him. I'll just follow your advice, guys!
I used tweezers to feed him some cricket brains. He ate a little. I don't know why he is like this. There is a tiny bit of yellow fuzzy mold in the cage. Maybe I should remove it. Will that help?
PhilinYuma
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I did. All my pictures of him are too big. He is doing better though.
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He died. There was a bit of coffee colored fluid at the end of his abdomen and he died.
