Reptile & Amphibian Forums

high all,
well yesterday on my trip back down from orlando , my dad gave me a praying mantis that was on the front of car, well i got home and reilised i didnt have anywhere to keep him, i put him in my red tails cage, since i was removing him for feeding anyway, well i was wondering do you think it would be safe to keep the mantis in there with the snake? any advice is apprechiated

Peace &love
-----
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.0.1 Colombian Red Tail
0.0.1 Emp scorpion
1.1.4 Leopard gecko
(Gone But not forgotten))~Rocky-9 Yr. Iggy 0.1.0 green iguana
0.0.(Hundreds) Crikits
About 30-35 Dubia Roaches

Short answer=No

Once the mantis gets hungry it will probably start eating the boa
-----
1.0 Columbian (BCI)
0.1 Suriname (BCC)
0.1 Longicauda (BCL)
0.1 Bolivian (BCA)

LMAO !!! NOT EVEN the Slightest chance of such nonsense !

M/

>>Short answer=No
>>
>>Once the mantis gets hungry it will probably start eating the boa
>>-----
>>1.0 Columbian (BCI)
>>0.1 Suriname (BCC)
>>0.1 Longicauda (BCL)
>>0.1 Bolivian (BCA)

NATURAL INFESTATION ELIMINATION.

Good one
I thought of it but wouldnt have dared posting .....

rotf

M/

aaaa
-----
0.1 Colombian Boa-(Boa Constrictor Imperator) "Honey"
1.0 Hogg Isle Boa-(Boa Constrictor Imperator) "un-named"
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa-(Epicrates Cenchria) "Houdini"
1.1 Argentine Boa-(Boa Constrictor Occidentalis) "Lacie" & "Oreo"
0.0.2 Green Tree Python-(Morelia Viridis)Biak type-"Smog" & Sorong type- "un-named"

heh, yeah they are used as a natural pesticide, but my boa isnt a pest =) ,so i should take it out,
lol ,with the scorpian, i give it 3 hours, once he gets his claws around the lil guy, SNAP!
-----
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.0.1 Colombian Red Tail
0.0.1 Emp scorpion
1.1.4 Leopard gecko
(Gone But not forgotten))~Rocky-9 Yr. Iggy 0.1.0 green iguana
0.0.(Hundreds) Crikits
About 30-35 Dubia Roaches

The funny part to all this is that they probably would do great together, being that the mantis has similar husbandry requirments. Such a cohabitation would do best in a naturalistic environment. In such an enclosure, but animals would probably never bother each other.

yeah, i do have a natural setup, but i let the lil guy go
hill be better off,
-----
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.0.1 Colombian Red Tail
0.0.1 Emp scorpion
1.1.4 Leopard gecko
(Gone But not forgotten))~Rocky-9 Yr. Iggy 0.1.0 green iguana
0.0.(Hundreds) Crikits
About 30-35 Dubia Roaches