Female Mantis is afraid of something?

[Mantis Lady]

I am going get crazy here, This morning Neyteri dropped down and it looks now like she has the same sickness Flash had!!! But ney has no injuries ! only thing what they had the same they were close to molting. Could it be the heat of the last week? I am giving her honey /water. she is drinking.

I am going to loose ney too, and dont know what is going on??

 

[MantisGirl13]

Oh no!!!!! Give her lots of honey water to start. Keep us posted!

- MantisGirl13

 

[MantisGirl13]

Also, move her to a different room from your other mantids to keep it from spreading. Or move the other mantids in case anything is in the air. Give everyone honey water to keep them healthy. Show us some pics of her!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

What room should i put her in?, maybe putting in kitchen or so. The others are ok for now

 

[MantisGirl13]

Kitchen might not be the best idea, because there would be more things in the air.

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

Hmm but where then? Maybe in the place where we put other stuffs, that is far away enough I hope... if it is something airborne. I hope not. I am going to get crazy if I loose them all

Her she lays, she moves her raptorials a bit. that is all. As you see her wing buds she was so close to molting

 

[Predatorhousepet]

Oh no. It could be something the feeders have. Maybe quarantine your current stock and a new batch of feeders until you can verify the old ones aren't sick.

 

[Mantis Lady]

the last thing she ate was a grasshopper I think....

 

[Mantis Lady]

But all the grashoppers looks healthy most of them molted to adulthood.

But all the big mantids ate them :S ugh.....I bought them last week

 

[Predatorhousepet]

It's hard to tell what could be making them sick but since its not isolated to one mantis it has to be something either in their environment or something they are eating. Go through everything they are exposed to, clean out their enclosures, quarantine the sick ones and get new feededers. You said the heat may be a problem. Is there a cooler place you can put them?

 

[Mantis Lady]

No, every place is hot, now a bit cooler since weather is cooler. 30C inside my house was crazy. it is still warm, but nicer temp: 25C

But cleaning all homes and get new feeders is something I can do. The roaches are not eaten, yet those I can keep. Keep those for in need. strong insects.

 I bought my feeders (grasshoppers and crickets) last week on a day when petshop get fresh ones.

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What i was just thinking what Ney and Flash had in common is that they both were close to molting.

 

[cwebster]

Am sorry for the loss of Flash. Hope Ney gets better.

 

[john57]

What I do when the enclosures temps start to get over 83°F is to put a very damp towel folded not to reach the bottom of the tank on the outside with a weight on top and run a little fan on as a emergency AC when the needs arise and can lower temps as much as 10°F. This works well in drier environments like Colorado. Also the black towel in good for the mantis in their final molt and gives them peace and quiet.  I hope that you get to the bottom on what is happening in your situation.

 

[Mantis Lady]

Ney can't molt. She cant hold anything, she just lays in her "bed". I want to know what is going on, the big ones ate all grasshoppers, the creoboters not that i know of, they look fine.

I dont know what farenheid temp is, I know only celsius. The extreme heat is gone

 

[Predatorhousepet]

83°F = 28.3°C

10°F difference in temperature = 5.6°C difference in temperature 

He is saying that when temps get above 28.3°C he adds the damp towel and fan and it cools them by as much as 5.6°C

Hopefully, now that the heat has gone down and you've replaced the grasshoppers no more mantises will get sick.

 

[MantisGirl13]

I really hope Ney gets better. Is there a way that you can prop her up into a hanging position? Maybe hook her feet into some mesh on the top of a cage?

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

@PredatorhousepetThanks for the explanation.

No improvement in Ney. She is all cramped if she is slowly dying... I don't know a good way to hang a mantis up with feet with no grabbing power...

 

[Mantis Lady]

Cochises and Neyteris suffering is over...?I have let them go..

 

[River Dane]

I’m so sorry for your losses. They were both beautiful mantises, and you had them for so long. I know it probably doesn’t make it much easier, but it sounds like you did the right thing for them. 

 

[Synapze]

Thank you for sharing them with us.