URGENT help needed regarding oothe

[Lee2k4]

I received 3 ooths from Ian this morning and in my hand I have a reel of cotton and a needle ready to put the needle through. But I am scared of piercing the eggs, which side do I thread the cotton through? is it the ridge on the top of the ooth or can it be anywhere?

 

[Rick]

Orientate the ooth as in the pic below to make sure it's right side up. Then pierce it at the very top just through the foam. The eggs are in a harder part of the ooth under the foam. I don't use that method myself but if you want to do it that way it's fine. Look at the pics below for proper orientation of ooths.

 

[Lee2k4]

I don't like the idea of the needle and thread so Im going to try blue tack instead. What if it's the wrong side up?

 

[Rick]

Well they are easy to tell which way they go. If you can post a pic of it that would help.

 

[Lee2k4]

USB ports not working at the moment but I've just finished setting up the tanks, put a few twigs there and sprayed the tanks with cold water. Should it be fairly warm water? I have all tanks sitting on heat mats at the moment.

 

[Rick]

You don't need heat mats. Room temp. is fine. I put my ooths in tanks with about a half inch of moist spaghnum moss or a wet paper towel. I just spray with room temp. water from my spray bottles.

 

[Andrew]

Keep in mind that heat mats arent a bad thing though...

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[Rick]

Maybe not but I they are not really needed for mantids. I use them for my corn snake but thats something completely different.

 

[Jwonni]

Rick mate its freezing here in england unbeleivably cold and will be for a month or two yet

 

[Lee2k4]

Thank you for all the replys and advice. Been set up now for 2 days still awaiting to hatch, I just really hope they do hatch.

 

[Rick]

Rick mate its freezing here in england unbeleivably cold and will be for a month or two yet

Do you not have heat in your home? Is it freezing indoors as well? Gets cold here too during the winter but it's not cold indoors.