Molting with Droop-Butt Syndrom

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Ok so when Yulee molted last time she got droop-butt but I've been making special pains to see that she stays straight until this final molt coming up soon. 

Since she likes to hang upside down alot I have just been letting her out all the time since she stays straight then. But since she's about to molt i took a old framed screen for a window and let her hang on that and she has been straight for several days now and now preparing to molt! 

Here is a picture of my set up.

This is a good set up because out house is quite humid and I just mist the screen so she has water.

 

[ausar318]

That looks like a pretty ingenious solution. Personally, I’ve only had the droopy butt issue once nor twice, I think the key is keeping them well fed, so their butts stay plump. I usually feed every two days, giving my Chinese some decently sized grasshoppers. 

They usually recover quite well from the droopiness, I’ve never had any with droopy butt molt and still have it. 

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

That looks like a pretty ingenious solution. Personally, I’ve only had the droopy butt issue once nor twice, I think the key is keeping them well fed, so their butts stay plump. I usually feed every two days, giving my Chinese some decently sized grasshoppers. 

They usually recover quite well from the droopiness, I’ve never had any with droopy butt molt and still have it. 

Yes! I tried to keep them well fed but then moved to this when she started rejecting food because she is going to molt soon.

It has worked splendid!

 

[ausar318]

That was probably a really good idea to move her. Are you planning on breeding her?

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Yes. I have two females and one male.

I will breed the other female in two weeks and then her after she molts plus two weeks.

Any pointers how to keep my male alive? They are Chinese Mantids...

This is a pic of my male Galaxy

 

[ausar318]

Just feeding him normally is all you can do. Usually the female lives much longer than the male, but I had one male (caught in May) live until February of the next year. He was my only male to ever live through winter. Anyway, I just kept feeding him every other day or so, and gave him plenty of water. 

Not sure if it did anything (and it’s definitely not scientifically sound) but I have found that the ones I hold frequently tend to live longer. I’m not sure why, but they seem to live a few weeks to a month longer than “the others” (ones I don’t consider “pets”)

 

[Prayingmantisqueen]

Ok. 

Well I hold him pretty much everyday and feed him once a day too. Mist about 3 times a week because i have the moss in there.

 

[ausar318]

That sounds like a good routine. Good luck!