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I think a cricket got to her while she was molting, and she couldn't escape in time. What should I do?
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<blockquote data-quote="snuhan" data-source="post: 343227" data-attributes="member: 10010"><p>I have a now adult female ghost mantis. The other day, I threw in several small crickets for her to pick off slowly as usual, since she's never been receptive to tong feeding. When I checked on her just now, though, I see this was probably a huge mistake. She's currently on the lid of her cup, with slightly tattered wings and a tiny blob of hemolymph on her side. I made a hangman-style perch out of twigs for her and it seems to have tipped over within the past 48 hours. My thinking is that, as she molted, her wings and abdomen were just close enough to the ground that one of the few remaining little crickets managed to munch on her a bit, and she wasn't able to completely leave her molt and escape in time. </p><p></p><p>My question is, what should I do now? The tattered wings are unfortunate, but not the end of the world- it's the tiny bit of "bleeding" on her side. It's not horrific, and despite the strong pulsing in her abdomen nothing more is coming out, but I've never heard of an adult mantis healing from an injury like this. Would it be kinder to put her to sleep? Or should I let her stick it out and see if she bounces back? I feel absolutely awful. I never would have left those crickets in there if I knew she was about to molt- I thought I had at least a few more weeks. She's been such a trooper. Any advice would help. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snuhan, post: 343227, member: 10010"] I have a now adult female ghost mantis. The other day, I threw in several small crickets for her to pick off slowly as usual, since she's never been receptive to tong feeding. When I checked on her just now, though, I see this was probably a huge mistake. She's currently on the lid of her cup, with slightly tattered wings and a tiny blob of hemolymph on her side. I made a hangman-style perch out of twigs for her and it seems to have tipped over within the past 48 hours. My thinking is that, as she molted, her wings and abdomen were just close enough to the ground that one of the few remaining little crickets managed to munch on her a bit, and she wasn't able to completely leave her molt and escape in time. My question is, what should I do now? The tattered wings are unfortunate, but not the end of the world- it's the tiny bit of "bleeding" on her side. It's not horrific, and despite the strong pulsing in her abdomen nothing more is coming out, but I've never heard of an adult mantis healing from an injury like this. Would it be kinder to put her to sleep? Or should I let her stick it out and see if she bounces back? I feel absolutely awful. I never would have left those crickets in there if I knew she was about to molt- I thought I had at least a few more weeks. She's been such a trooper. Any advice would help. [/QUOTE]
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