she is forming a weird lump

[MandellaMandy123]

Wow - you're really brave if you actually decide to do it. I doubt I could even think about doing that!

 

[D_Hemptress]

Wow - you're really brave if you actually decide to do it. I doubt I could even think about doing that!

im willing to do im just worried that im going to destroy her body and still have no idea what happened. after she dies i was thinking i would put her back outside and ( i know it sounds weird) let the ants have at her, that way she goes back into nature and the circle of life continues.

 

[aNisip]

Im not saying you have to if you don't want to, I dont want to force you I know it would be tough...it would just explain what the cause, but if she is pretty lethargic and such then we can assume that w/e it is is not good...

All the best,

Andrew

 

[D_Hemptress]

Im not saying you have to if you don't want to, I dont want to force you I know it would be tough...it would just explain what the cause, but if she is pretty lethargic and such then we can assume that w/e it is is not good...

All the best,

Andrew

well of course you cant force me! but you obviously have an interest and thats what this forum is for, learning!

 

[Digger]

Then maybe she did fall and you didn't see it...it could be a ruptured organ and inner bleeding of hemolymph...if she dies, would you mind biopsy-ing it to see what it is?

Written like a true entomologist, Andrew :detective:

"biopsy-ing" Sounds like a disease one catches in the back alleys of Chennai...

 

[D_Hemptress]

Im not saying you have to if you don't want to, I dont want to force you I know it would be tough...it would just explain what the cause, but if she is pretty lethargic and such then we can assume that w/e it is is not good...

All the best,

Andrew

so she ended up dying last night, she was completely stiff this morning when i woke up. but im at work so she is getting hard. we'll have to just assume that she fell

 

[aNisip]

so she ended up dying last night, she was completely stiff this morning when i woke up. but im at work so she is getting hard. we'll have to just assume that she fell

Sorry to hear this. Im sorry for your loss

Written like a true entomologist, Andrew :detective:

"biopsy-ing" Sounds like a disease one catches in the back alleys of Chennai...

Lol thanks Digger! and I guess I should've said "would you mind performing a biopsy on the mantis?" :detective:

 

[Mvalenz]

I think she definitely fell. Here is a pic of my girl as adult with the same lump on her side:

Sorry about your loss.

 

[D_Hemptress]

I think she definitely fell. Here is a pic of my girl as adult with the same lump on her side:

Sorry about your loss.

ya that looks the same. how long has she had that? is she ok? because it seemed as soon as i noticed the injury she started to die pretty fast.

 

[Mvalenz]

ya that looks the same. how long has she had that? is she ok? because it seemed as soon as i noticed the injury she started to die pretty fast.

She has had it since a couple of weeks into her subadult phase. I was hoping it would go away after her last molt, but it just got smaller. She is doing great. It doesn't seem to bother her at all. After she fell she didn't eat for a while though. I wasn't sure if she was going to make it. She slowly began to eat again. Now she won't stop eating.

 

[D_Hemptress]

She has had it since a couple of weeks into her subadult phase. I was hoping it would go away after her last molt, but it just got smaller. She is doing great. It doesn't seem to bother her at all. After she fell she didn't eat for a while though. I wasn't sure if she was going to make it. She slowly began to eat again. Now she won't stop eating.

good to hear, im glad