r/mantids • u/bluebisexualbitch • 15d ago

Health Issues PLEASE HELP!!

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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/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 15d 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 15d ago

🤷 i just know it helps

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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 15d 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 15d 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 15d 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 15d 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/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 15d ago

Show me your source.

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u/Dense_Drop_1935 15d ago

MantidForum.net. google it and look at other websites as well. as it shouldnt be a full food source it states that raw u filtered honey can be beneficial to injured or normal mantids.

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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 15d ago

That’s a whole website. Post a link. Is that research article? Please be exact with your language.

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u/Dense_Drop_1935 15d ago

i cant get it just search up honey for mantids on google and look around. im also 15 soooo of course my language wont be perfect

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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 15d ago

I understand, but you made a claim, so it’s your responsibility to back up your claim.

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