Quake
Well-known member
I have a orange juice container I put the mantids in when I feed them so they can catch the crix without too much running, and today as I was feeding, I put in a few of those crickets that are slow moving, back legs gnawed up and so. You know, the kind that usually die and frustrate you when you have to buy more, but you have a few fresh corpses you wish the mantis would eat?
Some of you guys feed dead game with forceps, but that never worked for me. So I figured this out.
I picked up the orange juice box and shook it a little, and the mantis scooped the bouncing crickets right up, so I figured I would try it with the protein dusted dead crickets I had from my frog. It worked, and I figure I'll save some time and cash getting more crickets now.
Some of you guys feed dead game with forceps, but that never worked for me. So I figured this out.
I picked up the orange juice box and shook it a little, and the mantis scooped the bouncing crickets right up, so I figured I would try it with the protein dusted dead crickets I had from my frog. It worked, and I figure I'll save some time and cash getting more crickets now.