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Won't eat dubia roaches
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<blockquote data-quote="Predatorhousepet" data-source="post: 313878" data-attributes="member: 10650"><p>Yeah, the only way I can get any of mine to eat one is to cut the head off &amp; sneak it to their mouth to let them taste the goo or to offer a freshly molted white roach. Other than that they will slap them away....and I know I'm just anthropomorphizing them but I swear they act like it's as if they are offended I even tried to offer it in the first place. The dubia colony seems to be holding up well with very little upkeep so it's a shame the mantises don't like them.</p><p></p><p>My hierodula finally molted to adult a few days ago and now she's a bit too big for blue bottle flies so I tried one of the larger dubia roaches and I had to cut the head off for her to eat it. I'm kinda scrambling to find large enough prey for her, I had no idea just how big she would get after her final molt, she had to have more than doubled in size. Other than large crickets and the dubia roaches I don't know what else to offer her. I had some large mealworms coming but now I'm not sure they'll be big enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predatorhousepet, post: 313878, member: 10650"] Yeah, the only way I can get any of mine to eat one is to cut the head off & sneak it to their mouth to let them taste the goo or to offer a freshly molted white roach. Other than that they will slap them away....and I know I'm just anthropomorphizing them but I swear they act like it's as if they are offended I even tried to offer it in the first place. The dubia colony seems to be holding up well with very little upkeep so it's a shame the mantises don't like them. My hierodula finally molted to adult a few days ago and now she's a bit too big for blue bottle flies so I tried one of the larger dubia roaches and I had to cut the head off for her to eat it. I'm kinda scrambling to find large enough prey for her, I had no idea just how big she would get after her final molt, she had to have more than doubled in size. Other than large crickets and the dubia roaches I don't know what else to offer her. I had some large mealworms coming but now I'm not sure they'll be big enough. [/QUOTE]
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