idolo help please!!!

[psyconiko]

My other one hasn't molted for 2.5 months too.

Is it sub?You just need to increase humidity to make it molt to adult.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

I would make sure he drinks at least twice a day, and raise the humidity to 70%+ especially at night. I would also take a guess that he's not eating too well? if so try honey coating live flies and putting them up to his mouth with tweezers. Temp isn't normally a big deal but in this case I would have the day time temps at 85-92 which helps metabolize food and water intake.

 

[giesle]

I wonder if we have Idolos from the same hatch. I have 3 subs that haven't molted in probably at least 2 months. They are all pretty fat though, so they must be eating enough. I have a humidifier going constantly in that room. Those are all of the ones I have too, so none are making it to adult. I had one other that finally died a couple of days ago. She had been injured for quite awhile though.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

I would make sure he drinks at least twice a day, and raise the humidity to 70%+ especially at night. I would also take a guess that he's not eating too well? if so try honey coating live flies and putting them up to his mouth with tweezers. Temp isn't normally a big deal but in this case I would have the day time temps at 85-92 which helps metabolize food and water intake.

he actually eats very well although he has a "small stomach" and doesn't eat the whole insect

 

[giesle]

Well, good news Crazy4mantis. Mine haven't molted in at least 2.5 months, but probably more like 3 and here's a pic I took this morning. He even molted from the midway branch and was probably touching the bottom towards the end and it was a perfect molt.....except one antenna is a half an inch longer than the other. Just yesterday I was thinking I need to slide those mid branches up, but I didn't want to disturb them. I did have one die 2 days ago that looked and acted healthy the day before, so that might have been because of the long time between molts.

 

[sally]

Well, good news Crazy4mantis. Mine haven't molted in at least 2.5 months, but probably more like 3 and here's a pic I took this morning. He even molted from the midway branch and was probably touching the bottom towards the end and it was a perfect molt.....except one antenna is a half an inch longer than the other. Just yesterday I was thinking I need to slide those mid branches up, but I didn't want to disturb them. I did have one die 2 days ago that looked and acted healthy the day before, so that might have been because of the long time between molts.

i am glad that one molted ok for you

 

[giesle]

Thanks. Me too. I had all but given up after reading this post and started emailing people looking for an adult. Glad I didn't waste my money by finding one. Not to say, mine isn't 1 out of 1000 or whatever, because I just don't know. Maybe I'll get really lucky and that one in the back corner will molt in a day or two.

 

[sally]

Thanks. Me too. I had all but given up after reading this post and started emailing people looking for an adult. Glad I didn't waste my money by finding one. Not to say, mine isn't 1 out of 1000 or whatever, because I just don't know. Maybe I'll get really lucky and that one in the back corner will molt in a day or two.

i hope so. i was looking for idolos online and i could not find any.