So I just moved my hissing roach enclosure since I was moving my room and I noticed a bunch of these under the substrate. They're so tiny, like a really small isopod. I'm so sure all my fully grown roaches are males....please tell me these aren't what I suspect
Recently someone pointed out that my water mister sounds super similar to their hissing whenever I use it (Its a handheld pump-and-spray bottle)
Would this actually bother my roaches? They usually hiss back when I spray their tank, but I just assumed that they didnt like getting wet. Have I accidentally been intimidating them this whole time? :[
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I didn't know which flair to use exactly, but I'm not in need of help atm, just wanted to warn people.
DO NOT ORDER HISSERS FROM FLUKER FARMS. I've never heard about anyone ordering hissers from fluker farms or reviews. And I did. I really shouldn't have. A majority of my hissers from them had missing limbs. It was so so sad to see. I emailed them about my hissers as well, telling them that they were a bit sluggish and missing limbs. They responded and said they would tell their shipping team about it. Haven't heard anything since. They also came in VERY skinny and super hungry. I've had these roaches for a couple months now so I've fattened them up and they're healthier now.
I asked them to show conditions of their roach bins as well. They never sent me photo proof. Just said that they keep a maximum number of roaches per bin. And didn't explain further. I assume from my roaches condition, that they are underfed and probably munching on each other when molting. As these roaches as adults especially have super tough exoskeletons. It's not normal for them to have limbs ripped off or dropped.
If you want to order hissers or any feeders from them please try more ethical breeders!! I wish I could do more but this post is my attempt at that.
to me it looks like dried poop. google says it could be an aborted ootheca case. i do know i have at least one pregnant roach, though im not sure if it’s her. ive never seen this before.
I just checked on my colony recently to feed them and found all aside from 2 (even 1 of them ended up passing) dead. The only one remaining is extremely lethargic and not doing well at all, it is an adult male. I'm very distraught to have found my colony like this. I noticed a strange smell in the tank too. I feed them freeze dried peas regularly and mist the tank regularly. The last time I checked on them they were all doing just fine, how could this have happened?!
My neighbours gave me two baby hissing roaches about 6-8 weeks ago. One shed within a couple of weeks and grew significantly. (Unfortunately the larger one escaped into the larger eco-terra I was keeping their smaller enclosure in so I'm hoping it's still in there 🫣) But the other who I've named Tiny hasn't shed/grown at all. I tried increasing humidity and still Tiny is well tiny.
Tiny eats all the time and seems active, but recently seems to be walking hunched up, almost like they don't fit in their body any more. Maybe I'm just imagining things but that's what it looks like.
Am I just overworrying as a first time roach parent? Is this a thing where they just don't shed for a while? I'm sure they must have shed once before I got them, but again I'm not sure how big newborn roaches are!
Any advice would be great. TIA