Idolo Gal!

[dmina]

LOL..well that was the wrong link..hehe I changed it...

 

[MantidBro]

Yeh its pretty good stuff..And they take out all of the bad mineral so only the good stuff is left. I have used it for years off and on. I once read that they gave it to a dog that was in really bad shape and it restored him to perfect condition so I thought humm why not give it to the mantis food and mantis. Use sparingly if you spray mantis and only on their raptors so they can clean it off. The flies seem to really take to it. I also cut the heads off of meal worms and dip them in flower power. distilled water and a drop of mineral rich. They really like it..( The mealworms dont think to much of it tho!) I had a sick mantis that I fed the flower power to along with the mineral rich and she got better..I know its a bit over the top but I want my mantis to be as healthy as they can be and maybe it will prolong their lives.

Awesome! wow thats great about the dog. The stuff seems to be a wonder worker, huh? What exactly is the flower power made of, do you know? I saw it for sale. Hey, when it comes to our babies, its never a crime to go over the top, haha

 

[MantidBro]

Here is one of my male and female idolos..Love my babies!

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Freakin SWEET!!

 

[dmina]

Right, Right?

 

[LAME]

they are nice looking

actually im glad to see someone goes above and beyond when it comes to raising their mantid/s. i know ive got a nasty habbit of overly spoiling mine too lol... but i keep them happy... and if theyre happy, im happy.

plus, im sure being in a massive tank compared to say... a 32oz deli cup is alot more comfortable.

 

[MantidBro]

they are nice looking

actually im glad to see someone goes above and beyond when it comes to raising their mantid/s. i know ive got a nasty habbit of overly spoiling mine too lol... but i keep them happy... and if theyre happy, im happy.

plus, im sure being in a massive tank compared to say... a 32oz deli cup is alot more comfortable.

Haha, that it is!

 

[CosbyArt]

Here is one of my male and female idolos..Love my babies!

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Great photos well done capturing them. I see you use a Nikon D3100, I had one myself and loved it.

 

[idologrl]

Great photos well done capturing them. I see you use a Nikon D3100, I had one myself and loved it.

The idolos in the pics have stopped eating...Won't be long now...I am dropping to my knees and asking God to help them molt to adult! God loves mantis too! So once they are adults..There shall be ooths! And nymphs I shall share!

 

[idologrl]

The idolos in the pics have stopped eating...Won't be long now...I am dropping to my knees and asking God to help them molt to adult! God loves mantis too! So once they are adults..There shall be ooths! And nymphs I shall share!

Just sprayed their raptors down with mineral water.. They drank it up so that should help too. Upped the humidity per all the stuff I've read.. So hopefully in a couple of days there will be adult idolos in this house..

 

[LAME]

Best wishes of luck, keep us informed!

 

[MantidBro]

The idolos in the pics have stopped eating...Won't be long now...I am dropping to my knees and asking God to help them molt to adult! God loves mantis too! So once they are adults..There shall be ooths! And nymphs I shall share!

Awesome! good luck idolo mantids!! i think theyll be just fine

 

[idologrl]

Thanks guys!!!

 

[dmina]

Yes... wishing you luck... Waiting to hear next update, on how well they molted..fingers crossed..

 

[CosbyArt]

The idolos in the pics have stopped eating...Won't be long now...I am dropping to my knees and asking God to help them molt to adult! God loves mantis too! So once they are adults..There shall be ooths! And nymphs I shall share!

Best of luck on the molting, finger and toes crossed

 

[idologrl]

One of my subadult male Idolos broke his back leg...Hes close to molting. I'm gutted! Any suggestions on how I can get him thru this molt would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[dmina]

Just out of curiosity.. What kind of climbing surfaces do you have for your Idolo's... they have bad feet... They don't grip like the rest...

 

[idologrl]

One of my subadult male Idolos broke his back leg...Hes close to molting. I'm gutted! Any suggestions on how I can get him thru this molt would be greatly appreciated!!!

Someone on FB mantis keepers gave me some advise on how to help my guy molt. I put him in a smaller enclosure with a net semi vertical so he has something to pull himself on so he can hopefully pull himself out of his old skin. I put bounty papertowel underneath that so it would be a soft fall if he did. Hopefully he does okay. Ugh!

 

[idologrl]

Just out of curiosity.. What kind of climbing surfaces do you have for your Idolo's... they have bad feet... They don't grip like the rest...

I have the top lined with a perferated soft flexible plastic shelf liner, lots of grapevine sticks and some of that fake vine that has lots of rough surface for them. And still I have a idolo with a broken leg..Hopefully the above comment I posted does the trick..

 

[dmina]

I hope so too... I know how bad you can feel over a bad molt... But I am sure you are doing the best you can... and you need to tell yourself that...

I hope the molt happens successfully for you... chin up!

 

[idologrl]

I hope so too... I know how bad you can feel over a bad molt... But I am sure you are doing the best you can... and you need to tell yourself that...

I hope the molt happens successfully for you... chin up!

Thanks dmina...I hope so too. I love all my guys and gals and it breaks my heart when they get hurt..mismolt..or die..I always think is it something I did.