NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY male deroplatys lobata haslost a leg ( will he be ok )

[SpinyFlowerMantis]

hey guys really freaked out since I'm new to the community and this is my first time getting ready to breed. The poor little guy lost one of his legs while i was asleep last night no idea how. Will he be ok, the entire leg is gone. will he be able to mate and will his next molt nbe problematic.

 

[PrayingMantisPets]

what leg?

 

[mantisman 230]

if it is a rear leg, the non raptorial ones, he should be perfectly ok, but if it is a raptor, he may have trouble feeding.

 

[SpinyFlowerMantis]

what leg?

the rear leg. Not any of the raptoral ones.

 

[SpinyFlowerMantis]

if it is a rear leg, the non raptorial ones, he should be perfectly ok, but if it is a raptor, he may have trouble feeding.

ok it's one of the rear legs so he should be fine. What about mating will he be fine and molting?

 

[Toxic]

He should be fine the younger the better... What instar is he?

 

[SpinyFlowerMantis]

He should be fine the younger the better... What instar is he?

he is l5

 

[Crazy4mantis]

It will not grow back completely but it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Watch for possible infection though.

 

[jsorigami]

Mine lost a leg and is paralyzed in a raptorial claw (at least he can't seem to use it). I hand feed mine a mealworm so he seems to be doing fine. Depending on the instar (# of molts), he will regrow it. Best of luck.

Jake

 

[Domanating]

Geez, calm down, m8. It's not the end of the world. For us losing limbs is obviously something serious but for the arthropod world is nothing but a nuisance and it's very common.

 

[Falconerguy]

yeah, he is totally alright, no need to fret.