i hate to be a downer, but by the sounds of it, you have your setup all wrong. he should NOT be on the ground and should be up high in branches. a natural habitat in the wild for them is to be high in the trees. never should they be on the ground. it seems like you have alot of items on the...
no plants in yard. :( just a giant pool. he was just walking down the road.
i usually hate to torture animals but i think i can care for it.plus they are like the coolest pet after my chameleon.
its the biggest mantis ive ever seen. hes about 5" long. he is white.
its great news that they...
hey guys. so i just found a pretty big mantis outside. i couldn't just let him be in the middle of the street so i scooped him up and now is my new pet. but i want to keep him inside a large cricket keeper.
how would i go about his new cage setup? what does he eat/drink? and how would i...
so Yoda has started to shed today. this is his first shed and i was just wondering if there is anything special i should do for him today. he is getting close to 3months old.
he was outside enjoying the sun in the morning for about 3 hours. when i took him inside, i noticed his eyes and feet...
when i recieved my first order of 1/8th crickets i was in the same mindset as you. thinking WOW these are tiny and how the heck will he even get full. i first just stuck about 20 in there and whatched how many he ate. he ate 13 of them and from now on i have been sticking no more than 15 in his...
i get the 1/8 size for my 3mo veiled. yeah he can eat bigger but im buying 1000 of them at a time.. by the time my cham eats them all, they will be about 1/4th size. its recommended to buy one size smaller than he can eat for this reason.
feed him 10-15 1/8th crickets a day and he should be...
i had the same issue and have went over it with some members on the forum.. not shure if this will be your case but my veiled had his eyes closed during the day. the reason for this was because my reptisun 5.0 bulb was brand new and it was giving off too much uvb light and was bothering my chams...