u/HedyOctober

Hello again! In my last post I asked for help with sexing one of our new roaches. Now I’m here to make sure we’re caring for them well. My 7 year old participated in a bug summer camp and at the end got to take home some hissers! We’re completely new to roaches. We have 5 in a 7 gallon tank, zoo med creature soil substrate, some leaf litter and bark, a little coconut hut. Got a temperature and humidity gauge - humidity 45% (we’re misting) and the temp is around 80 degrees with a nano 40w ceramic heat emitter. Have a small cup of gel water. Another of oats. And have given some fresh lettuce, banana, and insect jelly cups over the past few weeks. Does this sound like an okay set up?

Hi there,
My 7 year old kiddo participated in a bug summer camp and at the end was gifted some Madagascar hissing cockroaches. We have 5 of them in a 7 gallon tank (I’ll be posting their enclosure here for feedback!). We asked for all one sex (I’m not ready for babies). They said they were all boys but my son is convinced this one is a girl. Tried hard to get a pic of the booty but this one’s fast and likes to wedge itself in the egg carton and I didn’t want to hurt them.