Mis-molt

[[email protected]]

Well when i came to mist my mantis today my Indian flower mantis was on the bottom of her container laying on her or his side.

I got her out and tried to remove the skin i have removed most of it but she is horribly crippled.

I know one solution is the freezer but i don't want to do that is there anything i can do????

 

[Katnapper]

I'm sorry... bad luck. Can she still stand, walk, or eat?

 

[[email protected]]

Well she has 2 legs and her front claws but it is real bad.

It all my fault

I will wait and see if she improves...

 

[[email protected]]

Well nature took care of the mis-moult and ended her crippled life.

It is very sad but she is no longer suffering and that is good.

 

[Rick]

There is nothing you can do when this happens and it happens to all of us eventually.

 

[revmdn]

Sorry to hear about your loss. At least she didn't suffer long.

 

[Dinora]

My very first mantis I ever got molted while being mailed to me. That little guy passed away within hours of arriving, it was completely tangled in it's old skin.

I'm sorry for your loss, Rick is very right... it does happen to all of us.

*hugs*

Dinora

 

[robelgado]

I had one which lost a leg during a molt. And was a bit bent.

After another molt he was fine. CLOSE CALL

 

[yeatzee]

I've had an abundance of mis-molts some ending in death, but most pulled through. I had one subadult male S. Limbata that lost one of its front claws, but was still able to feed, and hold `on to the female when I paired him with one. I also recently had one that molted with both her back legs bent the wrong way so she has to *army crawl* to get from point A to point B. She is currently in her own container that has been tilted on its side for her convenience.

So basically you win some and you lose some...... Sorry man.

 

[nasty bugger]

I have a budwing that mismolted and has the right arm just drag, and looks like a nuisanse, and it's humped over real bad, but it's hung in there for quite some time, and has, after a week, stared eating the hydei I've put in there, finally.

It's gained length and looks much healthier, though all it does is hang in one spot, moving within an inch of that spot in the last few weeks.

It's been avoiding food again, so I'm trying to make sure the humdity level is up in the vial, so it can shed easily when it comes time.

It is very good at snatching the ff's and chowing down though, I gotta give him credit for survival instinct B)