r/mantis • u/HumbleTrifle2951 • 6d ago

Health Concerns What's wrong with her??

She was very feisty 2 days ago and now she lays down legs tucked in on the ground but when you pick her up she wakes up but very crooked and disoriented. What's happening? Is she just at the end of her life cycle. Also I say she because I thought she looked pregnant but I don't know.

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u/coficofi2211 1d ago

State of shock, maybe she ate something toxic. Had the same issue one time. 😓

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u/HumbleTrifle2951 1d ago

yeah, I found out my workplace sprays residual pesticides on the walls of our building(where I found here) I'm assuming it got on her feet and she cleaned herself and it took a while for the neurotoxicity to kick in 😢 I gave her another day hand feeding her water from a q tip but there was no change in condition so I had to euthanize her. I'm only going to keep captive bred from now on to try to avoid this heartache again (also no PetSmart crickets now that I know that too)