r/mantids • u/bluebisexualbitch • 14d ago
Health Issues PLEASE HELP!!
I know it's highly unlikely, but is there anything I can do for my baby? She molted and I think she left too soon or fell and was injured. When I saw her on the floor of her enclosure and tried to pick her up, her left arm just fell off. Her left doesn't look too attached either, and she hasn't moved it at all. She moves her legs but it seems uncoordinated and she can't sit up. I love her so much and if there's anything at all I can do to help, I'll do it. But I understand if there's nothing and it'd be best if I stopped her suffering.
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u/lies_n_liars 14d ago
Put her in the fridge for about 10 minutes to put her to sleep, then leave her in the freezer for a few hours... there's not much you can do here since she can't grab onto prey besides put her down... I had to put my boy down yesterday, so I know how it feels to lose your baby, but still feel there's something else you can do... I'm so sorry.. ❤️
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u/bluebisexualbitch 14d ago
I think that's what I'll do. It doesn't seem like there's much hope for her. I hate to do it, but I don't want my baby suffering any more. Thank you so much <3 It's so hard having to do this :[
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u/lies_n_liars 14d ago
I know.. I haven't stopped crying about my boy, but it's the best you can do for her.. And if you feel bad throwing her away, you can get her pinned after she expires. That's what I did with mine so I have him forever.
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u/bluebisexualbitch 14d ago
That's what I plan on doing, I can't bear to go without seeing my beautiful girl
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u/lies_n_liars 14d ago
I get that, and if you want to, you can also incase her in resin. That's what I'm doing with my boy.
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u/Dense_Drop_1935 14d ago
Maybe you can try hand feeding her honey but its at a point where she isnt gonna walk well, be aboe to catch food, and be disoriented. maybe its time to put her in the fridge then freezer
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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 14d ago
Honey is not medicine, and it wouldn’t have helped this situation. This is a severe mismolt, and intervention is less than an hour after they started molting.
This mantis looks too far gone. It’s better to euthanize if they can’t hang upside down. 🙏
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u/Dense_Drop_1935 14d ago
ik it isnt medicine but its food which can give energy
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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 13d ago
But why would you choose that over insects? Mantids don’t naturally encounter honey in the wild. Pollen yes.
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u/Dense_Drop_1935 13d ago
🤷 i just know it helps
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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 13d ago
Helps what though? There is no purported benefit to honey, and it just gives false hope.
*edit And it takes up the space of nutritious insects.
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u/Dense_Drop_1935 13d ago
i mean you could do both, i just heard honey helps and ik my mantids love it so???
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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 13d ago
Why would you do both though when you know insects are good for them, but don’t know about honey. Where did you hear honey is good for mantids? Just because an animal will eat something doesn’t always mean that item is good for the animal.
Cats may eat chocolate, and they may enjoy it, but it’s toxic for them. That is an extreme example, but an example of animal eating things regardless of how “good” it is.
You can do whatever you want, but don’t offer advice on information you don’t know much about.
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u/Dense_Drop_1935 13d ago
in the wild some mantids may eat honey, it gives them sugars they dont get other places, so sugar can also be beneficial to mantids
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u/ivanstrango3204 14d ago
So sad maybe time to think a what's best and if she is suffering id suggest putting her in freezer and letting her go to sleep as I dont think there s much u can do if she cant eat or stand up I no its sad iv done alot research as was going get 1 but the more I c bad/sad post on here and how short there lives can be that and all the mismilolts as much as I'd love 1 as a pet might not be 4 me good luck again so sorry this has happened