Pheromone saturation

mantisfan101 · Oct 27, 2019

I'm so sorry for asking so many questions, I promise that I'll try not to post as much from now on but I've just gotten back to the hobby and I want to know as much as possible about pheromone saturation. How long would you have to keep a male and female in close proximity to one another in order for the male to become desensitized from the female's hormones? I kept mine in 32 oz deli cups next to each other for a week, should I try separating them sometime soon? I moved my female to my living room if that helps.

MantisGirl13 · Oct 27, 2019

Never stop asking questions!

And you should probably separate them sooner than later. That may trigger a mating response from the male.

- MantisGirl13

mantisfan101 · Oct 27, 2019

MantisGirl13 said:
Never stop asking questions!

And you should probably separate them sooner than later. That may trigger a mating response from the male.

- MantisGirl13

Thank you! Also, how long should I separate them for?

mantisfan101 · Oct 27, 2019

Update, found the male holding onto the lid of his enclosure by one claw. I don’t know what happened but he’s dead at this point, I tried giving him some honey water but he started twitching a bit and just stopped moving...hopefully he’ll have managed to fertilize the female, but I guess that’s that. If anyone has a spare male they’d be able to let go, please let me know!