Mantis dinner

[jojackson]

Billy you can buy them online here

http://www.aboutus.org/InsectStore.com

http://www.insectstore.com/incubating_praying_mantis_ootheca.php

or here

http://www.livemantis.com/prayingmantiseggs.html

 

[Billy Quan]

Whoa!!

I was looking up mantis info and saw this:



Here is the context:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis-hummer.aspx

Do you think a Chinese mantis could harm an adult cham?

 

[summoner12]

haha that last photo shows a VERY satisfied customer LOL

 

[chambabysitter1]

I was looking up mantis info and saw this:

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Here is the context:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis-hummer.aspx

Do you think a Chinese mantis could harm an adult cham?

Mind officially blown

 

[SSimsswiSS]

I was looking up mantis info and saw this:

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Do you think a Chinese mantis could harm an adult cham?

Now that's something you don't see everyday. I'm sure size would have alot to do with, if a mantis could get the upper hand. I'm sure the hummer looked like a gaint flying insect to the mantis. My exprience has been that the chameleon sees the mantis long before the mantis sees the cham. The chameleons tongue does a great job of trapping and making those sharp forearm immobile.
I think size is key! And supervise the feeding.

 

[hailo]

You did mean mantis? right. I took a little boy parsonii with me to the meeting at Greeks.

This guy!

man i want one so bad

 

[reyesjoshuacruz]

I was looking up mantis info and saw this:

View attachment 13694

Here is the context:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis-hummer.aspx

Do you think a Chinese mantis could harm an adult cham?

I remember the first time i used my spiny left foreleg to impale the hummingbird through the chest, while hanging upside down....by golly its been a while.

love that last pic steve thanks for sharing. you might have touched on this before but do you/ have you supplied lizards or mammals as prey?

 

[jack29]

i've never tried to give mantis to chams.. tomorrow's experiment!! nice photos!!

 

[SSimsswiSS]

you might have touched on this before but do you/ have you supplied lizards or mammals as prey?

No lizards that I know of. Can't say what happens during the day when I'm away. As I have a few different wild lizards that hang out and benefit from stray crickets/ insects. I have fed pinkies to bigger chams, but only once a year, twice a year max, making sure that the mice come from a clean supplier. And since February of this year, have been working with button quails to study pros and cons. I'm amazed at how quickly the chicks get processed through the digestive system. This food item is not for the faint of heart. You know the phrase, cute as a button. Not so cute to feed.

 

[nick barta]

No lizards that I know of. Can't say what happens during the day when I'm away. As I have a few different wild lizards that hang out and benefit from stray crickets/ insects. I have fed pinkies to bigger chams, but only once a year, twice a year max, making sure that the mice come from a clean supplier. And since February of this year, have been working with button quails to study pros and cons. I'm amazed at how quickly the chicks get processed through the digestive system. This food item is not for the faint of heart. You know the phrase, cute as a button. Not so cute to feed.

I guessed Zebra Finches!

 

[SSimsswiSS]

I guessed Zebra Finches!

Have never offered. Thought has crossed my mind. I have two pair of society finches in one of my enclosures. But their a bit too big for feeding. I have met with a zebra finch breeder and might have him work on breeding a smaller zebra finch line. He's working on the opposite, as a breeder, and trying to produce a bigger show finch.
If anyone has ever tried a zebra, please let me know or PM me.