Help! mantis fell!

[BugLover]

help! my mantis fell while molting! I came home and found him on his side with his skin next to him, as if he molted standing on the ground. He's still alive, Will he be ok? it doesn't look like he bent anything.

 

[hierodula]

he should be fine, just help him upside down after he gets out.

 

[lancaster1313]

Just let him hang if he can and hope that he makes it.

Good luck little mantis!

 

[BugLover]

Ok i tried to help him up but i bent two of his legs on the process He's sorta on a branch right now just the two bent legs aren't touching it

 

[gripen]

Can you get a pic so we can better cater to the situation?

 

[BugLover]

sorry i can't get a pic

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one of the legs looks sort of like this

 

[aNisip]

If you put him on the branch soon enough after the fall, him hanging will straighten most of it, but it will still have a kink in it...if not, he will correct it his next molt...

 

[BugLover]

ok thanks guys one of the two legs he can still use today