This keeps on happening to me

[O'Neal20]

Right now I'm taking care of 7 mantids and one of the lost its leg 2 twice, but not at the same time. It lost it left back leg and it molted and it's almost back to normal but, a few days after it's molt it's front right leg. I don't know what wrong with it. It lost its legs with me not even touchin it I just was up with it losing a leg and today one of my pnignomantis lost a leg I don't know why! Again didn't touch it.

 

[MantidBro]

sometimes is happens after a molt if the mantid moves too much just after the molt, it happened to my stagmomantis limbata.

 

[O'Neal20]

But it has been a week since it molted

 

[MantidBro]

But it has been a week since it molted

It ends up being slightly damaged after the molt but the spot where its damaged holds on for a bit. It starts turning black after a while. Then eventually falls off. It took about a week for my girl to finally lose hers too.

If you didnt notice any black spot, it may be something else.

Did you leave a cricket in the container with your mantid? Ive once had a cricket bite my mantids leg right off.

Or do you let your mantid on the window screen? some species cant handle this.

Or does your mantid fall often?

 

[O'Neal20]

Well no my mantis won't move it doesn't want to stand up and I see the black spot were the leg was.

It doesn't fall that often

Every time I feed it I always watch it catch them

And I never put them on a window

 

[O'Neal20]

Well it died today so don't waste your time replying

 

[rickyveloz33]

Sorry for your lost bro.

 

[MantidBro]

Well it died today so don't waste your time replying

Sorry man, that sucks!