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I cut a hole in the side and plug it with a foam plug. I learned many years ago it was simply a pain to remove the lid each time to feed or water. I then can use a funnel to pour in flies.

 
I'll be trying to see how this works out but I may end up investing in a funnel, honestly, lol. So I have 2 happy healthy L2's chilling in their enclosures today (YAY!) and both of them ate today (Double YAY!) so I must be doing something right! The other two I haven't seen eat since I pulled them out of the box Wednesday (both were nom-ing inside the shipping containers). I'm hoping this means I'll see them molt soon and become bigger, badder mantids. ::crossing fingers::

And yeah... so I also have a cat now... anyone in FL want a kitten, lol. Nah, I'm joking. I'm hoping Craigslist pulls through and I get someone to take her. Well anyways, at least I have 2 mantids that are doing well.

 
DJ_deejay said:
I'll be trying to see how this works out but I may end up investing in a funnel, honestly, lol. So I have 2 happy healthy L2's chilling in their enclosures today (YAY!) and both of them ate today (Double YAY!) so I must be doing something right! The other two I haven't seen eat since I pulled them out of the box Wednesday (both were nom-ing inside the shipping containers). I'm hoping this means I'll see them molt soon and become bigger, badder mantids. ::crossing fingers::

And yeah... so I also have a cat now... anyone in FL want a kitten, lol. Nah, I'm joking. I'm hoping Craigslist pulls through and I get someone to take her. Well anyways, at least I have 2 mantids that are doing well.
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Congrats on the molts! You can check out these two videos I made on housing mantids, if you want:

http://youtu.be/nDz3d0elkDM

http://youtu.be/jQLUBL2UEn8

 
Those are great videos! I have a few exo-terra nanos left over from when I raised pygmy chameleons and I figured as soon as my sphodromantids grew a little bigger I'd spruce them up with some epiphytes and other pico plants. I do love putting together a terrarium :D

Thanks for the info it is very useful!

Also... is 5 days between molts weird for "Blue Flash"? I had read somewhere that they tend to molt between 10 and 14 days apart but mine are shooting up like crazy!!! If anyone else has kept these I'd love to hear back.

3/7/12 Received 5 L1 "Blue Flash"

... time passes

3/28/12 First one molts to L5

I could post a more thorough log (I've been keeping notes!) but I don't think anyone's interested, lol

 
Umm...all my Mantids usually molt every month or so: 10-14 days sounds too short, and 5 days is CRAZY LOL!!

 

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