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My son found a full grown adult female Mantis religiosa (I posted about it recently) and we took it inside to see if we could feed it so my son could see the awesomeness that is inverts in the wild. We fed her a huge mealworm and he said he wanted to keep it a little longer to feed it a few times more. My in-laws made a kritter keeper for it that SUCKED but I fixed it up appropriately and we put her back.
A few days ago we gave her another worm... SO much fun to watch!! However, in the middle of the night we could hear her scratching vigorously at the lid and in the morning she looked really fatigued. I picked up the kritter keeper to see what was up... and staring back at me was about a dime-sized EGG SAC stuck to the lid!! And I don’t know ANYTHING about mantises - especially taking care of a sac... I’m a T girl, and I have over 50 Ts, but the closest thing to this I’ve ever dealt with is an Avic phantom sac.
So I’m at a crossroads and need advice - BADLY!! I heard the nymphs from this species are decently priced if sold individually. So that tempts me to keep them until they hatch and then sell them to a local exotic pet store or something... but the other part of me doesn’t want to get in over my head.
I know people that are really good with mantises that I could potentially give/sell the sac to, but I don’t know how to pack/ship...
Can anyone supply me with some good advice on what I should do/my options? Thank you!!!
A few days ago we gave her another worm... SO much fun to watch!! However, in the middle of the night we could hear her scratching vigorously at the lid and in the morning she looked really fatigued. I picked up the kritter keeper to see what was up... and staring back at me was about a dime-sized EGG SAC stuck to the lid!! And I don’t know ANYTHING about mantises - especially taking care of a sac... I’m a T girl, and I have over 50 Ts, but the closest thing to this I’ve ever dealt with is an Avic phantom sac.
So I’m at a crossroads and need advice - BADLY!! I heard the nymphs from this species are decently priced if sold individually. So that tempts me to keep them until they hatch and then sell them to a local exotic pet store or something... but the other part of me doesn’t want to get in over my head.
I know people that are really good with mantises that I could potentially give/sell the sac to, but I don’t know how to pack/ship...
Can anyone supply me with some good advice on what I should do/my options? Thank you!!!