deianbreed
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hello i'm recently new to owning a mantis, and purchased a Madagascan Marbled Mantis upon purchasing the mantis the bloke in the shop sold me small locust as food at the time i thought that these looked a little too big for my mantis which is about 20mm in size. i was reassured that these locust would be fine as they take pray that are much bigger than them in the wild. so when i got him home i placed one of the locust ,in the container with him and left him to it. some hours later i check on him to see how he was getting on only to find that two of his legs where missing on his left hand side the two on the metathorax and mesothorax. was this the locust? i understand that he will gain new legs when he moults, but he is finding it hard to get around and feed. i managed to hand feed him a small amount of a wax worm lava (5 or 6 bites) today but i am worried he will not be able to moult as he finds it hard to climb. please can you give me your advice and suggestions on what i can do to save him as i will be heart broken if he doesn't pull through thanks for your help. Deian