dgerndt
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Aw, how sweet! This is why I love mantids so much. They have so much personality. 
Look Ma, no hands
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PragmaticHominid
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Aw, it's so good of you to take care of the little guy.
And thank you so much for sharing the "dinner table" idea! I've got an L2 Deroplatys Lobata who's raptoral arms got a little twisted up in his last molt. I'm fairly sure he'll come out better next time he molts, so I've been handing him meal worms, but it's sort of a pain because he keeps dropping them. I bet things will be a lot easier for both of us if I give him a little table to rest his food on. XD
And thank you so much for sharing the "dinner table" idea! I've got an L2 Deroplatys Lobata who's raptoral arms got a little twisted up in his last molt. I'm fairly sure he'll come out better next time he molts, so I've been handing him meal worms, but it's sort of a pain because he keeps dropping them. I bet things will be a lot easier for both of us if I give him a little table to rest his food on. XD
I see you are becoming the mantis whisperer.I have a question how do i train my ghost to fetch? :clown:
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I went in the other night to get something, turned on the lights and he was on top of his plant ! He climbs up there to sleep, it must be instinct that makes them go somewhere high at night.
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I am glad to see that he can get around well enough.
He was being bad today, I caught him lurking on the orchid mantis houses, I could tell he was causing trouble, as the way he was peering in at her, she screamed at the top of her lungs yelling " peeping tom" :lol:
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The raised surface feeding method will work fine. I had to do that after Jasper mismolted, almost completely disfigured but I tried to keep her alive. I just can't bring myself to put a creature out if I had raised it for so long.
Right now I kinda have to do something like this for Angus. Her forearms are slowly degenerating and she is getting old. She at first was stubborn about eating but has learned to eat much better. She can grab food but she cannot catch anything and she doesn't keep a grip that well.
Right now I kinda have to do something like this for Angus. Her forearms are slowly degenerating and she is getting old. She at first was stubborn about eating but has learned to eat much better. She can grab food but she cannot catch anything and she doesn't keep a grip that well.
Little Heat is such a caracter, I suddenly have a female adult mated budwing who also lost her arms, hummm, wonder if they were in a car accident? :blink:
here they are sitting on the blankie together, but I put her in her own little house so she can have a place to lay her ooths, and today, he was on her house and noticed her, he has been here looking at her for hours, with his eyeballs stuck to the plastic and won't move. :lol:
Is that funny or what? :lol:
here they are sitting on the blankie together, but I put her in her own little house so she can have a place to lay her ooths, and today, he was on her house and noticed her, he has been here looking at her for hours, with his eyeballs stuck to the plastic and won't move. :lol:
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:wub: That is cute!
dgerndt
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Hee hee, Little Heat is a major peeping Tom! :lol: My Chinese used to stalk my other mantids across from his enclosure.
I was feeding them tonight (btw) if that photo don't make you laugh, go have yourself checked by a doctor! feeding them tonight, I noticed little heat will look for his worm if dropped and even stay down eating it, the budwing, won't. I have to stand there with her.... while he is so cute, I never thought they would snoop around for the food, but he has learned to do it. stinkin babies! :tt2:
Loved this thread and story, Rebecca! Him looking at her with his eyeballs right up against the plastic for hours is just toooo funny!
dgerndt
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Yeah, those Chinese are a hungry bunch. I'm going to have to get myself some more soon.
I'm going to have to get myself some more soon.
I know, every time I see the pic I chuckle to my self, I made it my wallpaper on the pc. I could see it if he was just looking in, but no, he has his eyeballs right on the plastic :lol: What a loon! today he is looking at her and she is looking at him, reminds me of this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubjqQSOsVCg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubjqQSOsVCg&feature=related
He was on the floor this morning, I almost stepped on him, he had a little cobweb on his antenna, so I wiped it off!
dgerndt
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He's a stinker! :lol:
Krissim Klaw
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So adorable I can't believe I didn't see this thread sooner. I love the picture of him peeping in the enclosure.
I'm glad you kept him but of course you would already know that would be my vote. Even though the injured ones can be a bit more work they sure make up for it. I would never trade the time I had with my little special needs girl Hocus Pocus.
I'm glad you kept him but of course you would already know that would be my vote. Even though the injured ones can be a bit more work they sure make up for it. I would never trade the time I had with my little special needs girl Hocus Pocus.
