Mantis caviar?

[patrickfraser]

I had a majuscula that was eggbound and was starting to drag her abdomen and show decline in health so I thought it would make a good snack for my chameleon. He really liked it. It's a shame she never laid an ooth. It would have been HUGE. Look at all the eggs that popped out. Needless to say, I don't use the freezer method. :devil2:

 

[Rick]

Are the eggs black? They should be yellow. Black eggs in an eggbound female. Interesting. I'd love to know why it happens.

 

[patrickfraser]

Maybe they were fertile and developing inside or they were "rotten". I really don't know. That's just what popped out. :lol:

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

This is what i do, but with my bearded dragon. I had a multispina male get his head and raptorials eaten during mating so after, i gave him to my lizard.

Also thats an extremely nutritious meal!

 

[Mime454]

I wonder if under any circumstances they could hatch inside the female.

 

[patrickfraser]

I have also wondered the same thing. When does their (the eggs) "clock" start ticking? When fertilized, or once they are laid? I know she was bred.

 

[alan2296]

I wonder if under any circumstances they could hatch inside the female.

that would be interesting. And i agree with shieldmantid1997, very nutritious meal

 

[brancsikia339]

Nutritious and disgusting... blecch!!!! still gotta feel bad for the mantis

 

[Precarious]

Nasty. Poor girl.