mantisboy
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So I mated my girls about 10 days ago and now they are nice and plump. Their appetite for Hoppers is all but gone, the both ate about half a Hopper and dropped it about 4 days ago. I waited a couple of days and we had a big butterfly hatch, they enjoyed eating those but now they refuse those and don't want to eat anything. Their abdomens are wider than their wings, they are having trouble moving around their housings so I've been rotating them on a house plant for half the day and give them a good misting.
Is this a sign that ooths are coming? Would pictures of the girls be better? I keep a butterfly or a small hopper in their housings, should I simply remove them and wait until they seem remotely interested in eating? I have sticks in their housing approx. 11 inches in an X at 45 degrees for them to lay their ooths on...is that o.k.?
I'm not terribly worried, just never been down this road before and want to help them out as much as possible.
Is this a sign that ooths are coming? Would pictures of the girls be better? I keep a butterfly or a small hopper in their housings, should I simply remove them and wait until they seem remotely interested in eating? I have sticks in their housing approx. 11 inches in an X at 45 degrees for them to lay their ooths on...is that o.k.?
I'm not terribly worried, just never been down this road before and want to help them out as much as possible.
