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Food and Feeding
Recommendations for feeding mismolt nymph?
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<blockquote data-quote="The Wolven" data-source="post: 346069" data-attributes="member: 12740"><p>Alright so as the proud owner of a pretzel mantis (Zebrata with a nasty mismolt), this next molt might be tough. In my experience, claws that are at a bad angle can screw up the molting procress and caught the mantis to get stuck in the exoskeleton. Then they freak out and start to warp from their thrashing. It's likely your mantis is L3 if he's smaller than the rest. I can't really give you any ideas on how bad it is without pictures. </p><p></p><p>As for feeding, if he can grab houseflies with one of his claws, hand feeding will not really be necessary. If he can't hunt the food at all, snip it open and hold the juices to his mouth. He should latch onto it as soon as he realizes it's food. If none of these are possible, do the same this with holding the juicy parts to his face and then coax his head downwards so he can just eat it off the lid/ground. That way you don't have to hold the food in your tweezers for 10-20 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Wolven, post: 346069, member: 12740"] Alright so as the proud owner of a pretzel mantis (Zebrata with a nasty mismolt), this next molt might be tough. In my experience, claws that are at a bad angle can screw up the molting procress and caught the mantis to get stuck in the exoskeleton. Then they freak out and start to warp from their thrashing. It's likely your mantis is L3 if he's smaller than the rest. I can't really give you any ideas on how bad it is without pictures. As for feeding, if he can grab houseflies with one of his claws, hand feeding will not really be necessary. If he can't hunt the food at all, snip it open and hold the juices to his mouth. He should latch onto it as soon as he realizes it's food. If none of these are possible, do the same this with holding the juicy parts to his face and then coax his head downwards so he can just eat it off the lid/ground. That way you don't have to hold the food in your tweezers for 10-20 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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