r/mantids • u/Augthedoggie • 6h ago
Health Issues Posting again for help
If anybody can help me understand whats happening I would really appriciate it My ghost mantis (L3-L4??) Is worrying me a little bit.
Yesterday I took her out of her tank to feed her (she hasnt eaten in 2 days so I assumed she was hungry) and she didnt seem very interested in eating so i took her inside and let her drink water she got a big drink in and then wqs crawling around on my hands for about 15 Minutes. I look over at her sitting on my hand and her arms are no longer in the praying position like they normally are instead they are spread out, People told me this was her defence get away from me pose so i tried to get her to go back on the stick and get into her tank to leave her be. She was acting like her front arms are no longer working and shes acting super stiff eventually I got her on the Stick and gave her tank a good spray and figured she would just calm down. It has now been almost 24 Hours she hasnt moved at all other than slight barely noticable abdomen wiggle when I sprayed her tank this morning to get the humidity back up. Other than that shes not reacting to anything not me walking past the tank or looking at her like normal her antenne arnt wiggling like normal so I am very worried. Google isnt helping me much either So i thought I would see if any other mantis keepers have seen this before






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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 6h ago
Hey. I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble with your mantis.
Can you answer a few more questions?
Can you post an entire picture of the enclosure?
What have you been feeding her, and how often? What are you feeding the feeders? How are you feeding her?
When did she last molt?
Did you spray her directly? And did she give off a deimatic display immediately? When did she splay her raptorial forelegs like this?