Giant Shield Mantis Health Problem

[pohchunyee]

I am having a huge problem with my Giant Shield right now. 1 female molted to adult on 8/20. Yesterday, my L7 was lying on the floor (i tried to bring her up onto her branch) , she was like a eating machine before, she stop eating and the wing started to swell, I transfer her to a bigger net cage. with branches, assuming she will molt in 1-2 days. Today, she ended up dead. While handling her I found that she seems like she is having a seizure. Uncontrolled leg movement and weak. I am not sure if this is something I should be worrying about, since my L5 male died too with similar symptom.....weakening. The rest are still strong and healthy. The food items include blue bottle (loaded with honey/pollen), phoenix worm, roaches and cricket. Anyone hae any idea whats wrong??

 

[The_Asa]

There was some seizure things mentioned before, but they were with the leaf and flower mantids. The only thing offered as a solution was that the seizure was caused by neurotoxin...

 

[collinchang635]

Never heard of this seizure before. Is the seizure just a symptom or is it what caused the mantid to die? I need more info about this.

 

[The_Asa]

Never heard of this seizure before. Is the seizure just a symptom or is it what caused the mantid to die? I need more info about this.

Seizure was symptom.

 

[Rick]

Nobody knows what causes mantis health issues. We all get em from time to time.

 

[mantidsandgeckos]

seizure is like twitching right??

 

[pohchunyee]

seizure is like twitching right??

Yeah! Seizure is like twitching..... and then lost body function; can't move coordinately. Died eventually from this.

 

[collinchang635]

Yeah! Seizure is like twitching..... and then lost body function; can't move coordinately. Died eventually from this.

Doesn't sound like a good way to go...