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Orchid Mantis suspected fall whilst moulting
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<blockquote data-quote="White Rose" data-source="post: 345895" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>Hi everyone I'm Paul.</p><p>I have just joined and asking for urgent advice. </p><p>Please see the attached photos.</p><p>My Orchid mantis moulted in the early hours.This morning I found her on the bottom of the enclosure (fell off the old skin I'm guessing whilst drying out) </p><p>One of her forelegs is bent outwards.</p><p>I managed to gently get her on to a teaspoon and placed her back on the plants. She started to climb of her own accord on to the mesh however the bent foreleg only extends in and out at the end,struggling to use it for climbing...looks pretty bad. </p><p>She cannot bring that foreleg in towards her body.</p><p>Are her days numbered? Will she still be able to catch flies with just one foreleg? </p><p>Even if she survives this fall will the next moult be affected by the bent foreleg? </p><p>I probably wont reply but a big thank you to anyone who can share some experience or advice <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="White Rose, post: 345895, member: 12850"] Hi everyone I'm Paul. I have just joined and asking for urgent advice. Please see the attached photos. My Orchid mantis moulted in the early hours.This morning I found her on the bottom of the enclosure (fell off the old skin I'm guessing whilst drying out) One of her forelegs is bent outwards. I managed to gently get her on to a teaspoon and placed her back on the plants. She started to climb of her own accord on to the mesh however the bent foreleg only extends in and out at the end,struggling to use it for climbing...looks pretty bad. She cannot bring that foreleg in towards her body. Are her days numbered? Will she still be able to catch flies with just one foreleg? Even if she survives this fall will the next moult be affected by the bent foreleg? I probably wont reply but a big thank you to anyone who can share some experience or advice 👍 [/QUOTE]
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