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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:36 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:58 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:18 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:41 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:32 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:44 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:37 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:46 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:35 pm
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imderanged Pissed off, yeah, lol. She tried to EAT my finger the other day. I am not exaggerating, when I picked her up she just started gnawing on my fingertip! Then she grabbed on with her claws, and I couldn't get her off of me! I did not want to pull her off and hurt her, so I tried blowing on her and that did NOTHING... I grabbed the spray bottle and spritzed her...she stopped for a second and then went back to eating the skin on my pinky. At this point she was actually eating into my finger and I was bleeding when she had me with her claws... I still didn't want to hurt her by grabbing her (and I was pretty sure she would just hold on even tighter or bite my other hand anyway) but i was starting to get concerned....I grabbed the feeding forceps and put them in front of her head and she started attacking those. I got her to stop eating me but she still had a death grip on my finger with her claws...eventually she did let go though. I'm being a bit more careful around her these days! She sure has some "spunk" LOL Sounds like she is a queen. I had a female Chinese mantis nicknamed, The Queen for similar, you do what I want when I want it sort of behavior.
Sometimes with that species, espeically the females, they will key into the moisture on our hands. They are so ravinious when they sense the moisture they will pause to bend down and check it out. Some will nibble a bit, it will tickle, and they will stop, while others like her will figure out they can eat what is below and go to town.
I have a few suggestions to make handling her less likely to cause problems for either of you. First off, make sure she has had a drink if she wants one. Next, it will help if you feed her before taking her out so her buggy brain isn't so fixated on eating.
If you see her antennas start to twitch and it looks like she is going to bend to check out your fingers again, simply place some forceps,chopsticks, pencil, or so on in front of her mouth so she will chew that instead of your flesh. After a few nibbles she will realize it isn't tasty and move on. If you do this every time the behavior shows, she will eventually stop checking out your fingers and view them as not a viable food source.
Finally, next time you are in a craft store, pick up something like one of these feather boas. http://factorydirectcraft.com/pimages/20090130154228-776405/navy_marabou_feather_boa_1.jpg
If she ever latches on to your finger or hand again just tickle her with the feathers. It is very over stimulating and it is the only thing I have found can get an adult female to quickly drop a meal. On the up side this also prevents the need for any force or risk of injury. I always keep one around when I am breeding. Protection for my boys. xd
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:29 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:21 pm
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