Mantis with bent back

[mantissean]

My giant asian mantis nymph has just molted and has a bent back does anyone have a problem with that

 

[soundspawn]

I had one Chinese who molted way too low to the ground so he bent his back. He never did start eating again (lack of desire) and died. I've heard it can be debilitating.

 

[Domanating]

Such serious deformities are very likely to cause death. Bent organs may cause blockages or other problems but it's purely speculative. What I'm sure of is since the thorax is the starting point of a molt, a bent one will almost always cause a mantis to die.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

Depending on how badly bent it is it will most likely die. Is it moving?

 

[JP77]

I currently have a D. lobata male that got a bit stuck in a molt, so he has a bent thorax and a bit mangled raptors. But his four back legs work fine and he has a good appetite when I hand feed him. I'm waiting to find out if his next molt can fix anything, or if it's even a successful molt. Depending on how severe the mismolt is, sometime they can't recover.

 

[Forcep]

Depend on how badly +1. I have a female R. fusca adult with slightly bend back (I should give her a higher cage), but she is healthy and voracious.

 

[mantissean]

Yes shes moving how do i send a picture?

 

[Crazy4mantis]

yes pic would help. there is a locked post on the photos page explaining it