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I caught my chinese mantis in the process of molting. I watched for a while, and realized he didn't have enough headroom in The pill bottle he was in.
I decided to leave him alone and let him tough it out, but when his head touched the floor I had to act. I had lost a mantis this way before.
I carefully reached in his container and pulled out the stick he was on, planning to prop it up somewhere with more height. But as I was lifting the stick, his old molts foot snagged on my finger! I had to wait with my arm elevated untill he had come all the way out.
The blood was leaving my hand, and it started to feel cold and sore, but I had to hang on for my little guy! He finally popped out and rested upside down on my finger. Eventually I couldn't take it any more, my arm was screaming for me to put it down! I propped up a stick and nudged him onto it, where he is now contently drying on my computer desk.
My arm hurts...
I decided to leave him alone and let him tough it out, but when his head touched the floor I had to act. I had lost a mantis this way before.
I carefully reached in his container and pulled out the stick he was on, planning to prop it up somewhere with more height. But as I was lifting the stick, his old molts foot snagged on my finger! I had to wait with my arm elevated untill he had come all the way out.
The blood was leaving my hand, and it started to feel cold and sore, but I had to hang on for my little guy! He finally popped out and rested upside down on my finger. Eventually I couldn't take it any more, my arm was screaming for me to put it down! I propped up a stick and nudged him onto it, where he is now contently drying on my computer desk.
My arm hurts...
