I really admire this, because this is a sentiment I also share. I have had some really messed up mantids from mismolts but not so messed up that they could not be salvaged and fed and kept healthy right up until the end. I know some may feel like why bother it's probably more trouble than it's worth. I have personal reasons why I do this so feeding it to another insect or pet isn't in the cards for my babies!!! Call it what you want! I choose to give em a chance and when the end comes it's freezer time or they go on their own. huhm.... feed my babies to another mantis....Now ya know I post a lot of pics of crippled babies here, about all I do post tongue.gif , I usually keep them fat and happy till the end, the last one I had watched me every time I came in the room, her head would follow me around, she was a fattie when I got done, I grow em big here in the country, more like little cows than crippled mantis laugh.gif .