Finding new pets in my kitchen
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Daesie11
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Yeah it’s abdomen is as thick as my pinky and as long as it as well. It’s a pretty hefty size! Do you know how to sex it? And is there anything specific I should make sure and give it as far as the enclosure?
Twells92
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That size will kill any house fly you catch, med-large crickets, spiders. Anything thats around the size of a cricket and moves basically if its wild. They are really cool to feed and watch. I catch them and feed once or twice for my little girl to watch, then let them go.
snitz427
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It needs to be 2-3x its length so it can molt... although if its that long it may be full grown. They can get quite large. Thats all i know about them! A bioactive setup with a branch they can hang from to molt would prob be great
Daesie11
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I think this one is a little too big for my guy right now. I wish I could find some smaller ones to feed off because I totally would!
I have an expo in town this weekend so I think I’m gonna pick up a nano exotera and put a small schefflera in it. I have plenty of Dubai to feed it and we always have house flies around. Maybe I can let him out to hunt the flies
I have an expo in town this weekend so I think I’m gonna pick up a nano exotera and put a small schefflera in it. I have plenty of Dubai to feed it and we always have house flies around. Maybe I can let him out to hunt the flies
snitz427
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I think this one is a little too big for my guy right now. I wish I could find some smaller ones to feed off because I totally would!
I have an expo in town this weekend so I think I’m gonna pick up a nano exotera and put a small schefflera in it. I have plenty of Dubai to feed it and we always have house flies around. Maybe I can let him out to hunt the flies
You can get a butterfly screen cage for around $15 on amazon. I use them for various bugs. Im switching to reptibreeze as i can find them, ut the butterfly cages have been great thus far
Daesie11
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My biggest concern with that is that I have a cat and I feel like a butterfly cage would entice him too much whereas I already have a nano exotera at home for my tarantula that he pays no mind to lol
Daesie11
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Yeah I can’t wait to feed him. I wish I had an easy way of catching flies to feed to him
Daesie11
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For some reason my uncle doesn’t keep a stash of crickets on hand for these sort of issues. Clearly not a reptile person. I will feed her when I go home hahaha
snitz427
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True! I have had to tape up the clear part where my cat greeted a stickbug
Hashtag ChamLife
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Congrats on the ootheca!!
You're lucky! Keep her alive and she will continue to lay fertilized ootheca! They only need to mate once in their lifetime to produce fertile eggs. I too finally found a Carolina lady and hoping I have the same luck as you.
Not sure what info you've gathered since this post, but when that thing hatches be ready for a whole bunch of itty bitty things that look like ghostly spiderCrickets. I use the 2oz deli cups to house a few young together, be warned they are cannibals. Your ooth can have anywhere from a few to a few hundred. Here a shot of them size wise for reference:
Those may or may not be mantids... I just cant tell yet. But I have hatched Chinese ones and that's what they look like. That stick is about 1/4" thick.
If you need any info, let me know. I have been gathering as much info as I can on these Carolina mantids as they are one of the few legal ones.
Best wishes!
Daesie11
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Thank you! I read that I should give it a few days before I move the ootheca? I have tall deli cups that I can house them in, I can put the ootheca in there until it hatches then separate them, yes? How long does it usually take to hatch? Should I keep it in any specific sort of environment?
