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<blockquote data-quote="Merkava128" data-source="post: 7648" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>I found a really fat female chinese mantis this friday and brought it into the house to keep it, putting it on an artificial tree in the corner. I didn't feed it on friday, but I watered it, and saturday night, I gave it a grasshopper, but it only ate the head and part of the torso.</p><p></p><p>This afternoon, it started making an egg case on the tree I had put it on. I am afraid that she is making it because she is dying, even though I've only had her for two days now, and she ate last night. I didn't expect her to make it so soon, or I wouldn't have brought her in. Will she eat if I offer her food when she gets done, and if I cut the egg case off and move it outside will she continue to behave normally?</p><p></p><p>Does it sound like she could be making it because she's dying for some reason? Is this the normal time of year for them to lay their eggs? Do they stick around after they make their egg case, or does it matter if I release her after this? Will she continue to eat and live normally in the wild? Does it sound like I have done anything to throw her off and cause her to make it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Merkava128, post: 7648, member: 207"] I found a really fat female chinese mantis this friday and brought it into the house to keep it, putting it on an artificial tree in the corner. I didn't feed it on friday, but I watered it, and saturday night, I gave it a grasshopper, but it only ate the head and part of the torso. This afternoon, it started making an egg case on the tree I had put it on. I am afraid that she is making it because she is dying, even though I've only had her for two days now, and she ate last night. I didn't expect her to make it so soon, or I wouldn't have brought her in. Will she eat if I offer her food when she gets done, and if I cut the egg case off and move it outside will she continue to behave normally? Does it sound like she could be making it because she's dying for some reason? Is this the normal time of year for them to lay their eggs? Do they stick around after they make their egg case, or does it matter if I release her after this? Will she continue to eat and live normally in the wild? Does it sound like I have done anything to throw her off and cause her to make it? [/QUOTE]
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