So last night my cat woke me up. So while I was up I went poking around the tanks with the flashlight and I saw my mantis sticking his head and his tail out of his burrow. Ok, so he's just rolled up right? Wrong. He turned around and then there were 2 tails! He molted last night however he never closed his burrow, and it still isn't closed up. He also came out this morning before I turned the lights on and swam about a little bit but hasn't been out since. Any insight as to why he didn't go mia for 2 weeks? And just if anyone is curious, he ate last night.
ok, I couldn't be more confused!
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Gonodactylus
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Hard to speculate without knowing the species and size of the animal.
Roy
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Gonodactylus
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O.s often do not close up. This is more typical behavior of gonodactylids. The explanation may be that they are burrowers in soft substrates and a sealed burrow may be too sealed (low oxygen, nasty other stuff). Eating the night before a molt is a bit unusual, but O. s do seem to feed more quickly before and after a molt than gonodactylids. The smaller they are, the shorter the interval.
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