Thursday, July 21, 2011
Is my grasshopper crippled from falling while shedding? And is it possible to heal?
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot about grasshoppers, but I couldn't find the info on google. I am in the middle of a project on raising and breeding grasshoppers, and it's been kinda hard to find grasshoppers in my neighborhood yet, so I want to save my grasshopper if I can. I found her awkwardly hanging upside down, legs sprawled in some of the grass branches last night. I gently touched her, and her movement was weak. She looked slightly crippled. After maybe ten/fifteen minutes of trying to dig her out of the grass as gently as possible with a pair of bug tweezers, (I wasn't sure if she was disease ridden or not, otherwise I would have just grabbed her gently with my fingers) I finally managed to to get her out and found some skin coming off, as if she was injured whilst shedding. I got a cup, aluminum foil, a small branch from the cage, and cut a piece of carrot and made a little cage for her. She was moving a little before I put her in, but she hasn't moved since. I'm pretty sure she's dead, but is there a chance she's crippled? All of my pets have a place in my heart, and I don't want her to suffer, but I would like to know. And if she is just injured, how can I heal her if possible.
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