Can i keep a long legged grasshoper or katydid?

[JeffreH]

Be cautious about feeding anything immediately captured from outside - you'll want to check with the school and make sure that they are not spraying any chemical pesticides (or other "-cides") on the property before feeding them to your animals. Keep in mind katydids and grasshoppers can travel some distance and may have unknown exposure. Only if you are completely confident in the safety of the insect should you feed it. I was under the impression you were looking to collect then culture the insects prior to offering them to your animals.

Best of luck in your insect collecting! I know some of these can be pretty quick and escapees happen to everyone from time to time ; )

[Murray of the Deep]

i obtained another male yey! and also if i cut the "jumping" legs of a grasshopper will it still live?

[JeffreH]

I've never actually tried cutting the legs off - so your guess is as good as mine. The back legs are pretty useful in helping the insect stabilize itself so cutting them off may result in a sluggish insect who is unable to move around properly. I wouldn'y think the injury itself would be severe enough to actually kill it though.

[Murray of the Deep]

so does it mean the back legs wont go back if i cut it off?

[wesleybrouwer]

Seriously guy, seek professional help before you end up in a school shoot out or something.
All i see you contributing are strange ideas about torturing small animals,
scientific studies has shown this can be an early sign of a mental issue developing into something more severe.
Sorry, normally i won't bother posting to things like this, but you do kind of disturb me with those strange ideas.

[Murray of the Deep]

Seriously guy, seek professional help before you end up in a school shoot out or something.
All i see you contributing are strange ideas about torturing small animals,
scientific studies has shown this can be an early sign of a mental issue developing into something more severe.
Sorry, normally i won't bother posting to things like this, but you do kind of disturb me with those strange ideas.

what do you mean???????? im not torturing them i feed them to my toads!

[wesleybrouwer]

You ask about if and how to keep them.
I only see posts of toads in bad environments, wondering why it is not eating.
I read about experiments where you throw an animal living on land into an aquarium,
now you are wondering what happens if you cut legs off of animals because they jump.....
In my point of view, you are not all that compassioned with animals, lack of empathy may be a problem in this case?
Like i said, scientific research shown this is one of the early signs of more tragic things that might be happening in the future.

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