mantids and holliday?

[idolomantis]

If we go on holliday, there,s always someone who take care of my phasmids.

how do you guys do that whit mantids?

 

[Morpheus uk]

People are probaly going to send endless replies of get a relitive to do, well thats rubbish if you havent got any relitives handy with the know how of how to keep idolomantids <_<

I chuck a load of castors in there, fresh ones and gonna hatch soon oens

 

[idolomantis]

People are probaly going to send endless replies of get a relitive to do, well thats rubbish if you havent got any relitives handy with the know how of how to keep idolomantids <_< I chuck a load of castors in there, fresh ones and gonna hatch soon oens

righ...

i dont know what you trying to say now :huh:

 

[jarek]

once I took my female Plistopilota guinessis with me to Greece, but I had only her and her mate , and I wouldn't take any if I had more.

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Since I normally only have 1-2 at a time, I often take them on vacation with me. They are so easy to bring along and I have a lot of fun with them. For trips I don't/can't bring them along what I would do would depend on the length. If I would only be gone a few days I would just feed/water them well the night before and leave them home. If I was going to be gone for more than that, I would leave them with one of my animal friendly relatives (so far I've never had to do that though). I was always curious to know what other members who have huge swarms of them do if they have to be gone for over a week or so, especially if you don't know someone who is insect friendly/knowledgeable. <___<

 

[Andrew]

I chuck a load of castors in there, fresh ones and ones that will hatch soon

Best piece of advice you will probably get.

 

[Moosashi]

idolo, they mean to leave the mantids in individual cups and place a few fly casters in the cups, some that will hatch soon and some to hatch a little later. So the mantid can feed itself while you're gone. but if you just left mantids running around in a large area with casters, they would have too hard of a time finding/getting the flies.

 

[Sparky]

Just incase you were wondering. Casters are fly pupa.

 

[asdsdf]

Lol, what about your story of your trip to Texas and what happened afterwards? xD

 

[spawn]

I've heard too many horror stories of people leaving their animals with relatives and inlaws and friends, and coming back to discover the animals died in their care. The casters sounds like the best idea. Water bowl or mist intensely before leaving.

 

[Rob Byatt]

No one's mentioned dropping the temperature yet