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My favorite roaches of all the species I keep. Not the best feeders, but awesome to behold.

I added springtails and then I saw a boom of these. I thought they were springtails at first but now I don't think so. They devoured all of my roaches food and are moving to other enclosures and places. Please help

Apologies about the nails and cuticles, that's what happens when you work with animals, haha!

I ordered three, asking for males, but got a female anyways. I don't mind, though, as she can join Zeze and Matilda in the retirement enclosure. Both antenna are short, all tarsi/legs damaged in some way and she's extremely quiet so definitely a grandma. Luckily, I'm used to hand feeding and watering so she's in good hands. The three girls have already eaten together and cuddled up.

My guy going absolutely nuts for his jelly treat.

I came home from work and my smallest colony had some mold in it, so I cleaned it out, and then found him dead. First death in this colony besides my old old man, and he was probably days away from molting into an adult. His hind leg is entirely black and missing, and I’m worried about contagions in my colony. I’m assuming he died of some internal infection, but I’ve never seen melanization like this before.

at first i thought she was just pooping tbh but this has been here for 2 days and i’m worried now 😔 She’s still acting like she usually does but i’ve never seen this problem before.

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45x30x14 enclosure for my female dubia roaches and babies, bioactive with springtails and daily water prays (They're all hiding under the coconut..).

Found those little buggies in my terrarium. Theyre just few millimeters but there is like 5 of them. Are they dangerous to my roaches? Is it okay to leave them there or should I 100% clean out the enclosure? ://

So baby

Super cute drawing first blood on the spent ootheca

I love isopods so much I got a cockroach that looks like them!! 😝

I have 20 total Madagascar hissing cockroaches but I’m not sure I’m giving them enough food.

I’ve been feeding them smaller amounts because 16 out of my 20 roaches are juveniles, just a month or so old, I of course feed them the diet and variety they need i.e, apples, shredded carrots, strawberry’s, very occasionally tangerines, cucumbers, blueberry’s, dog food kibbles (protein) and sometimes oats.

I usually take the food out every other day but it depends on when it starts to mold or when they finish it (I take it out just before it molds)

I would love some advice for how much to feed them!!

I keep a colony of dubias as feeders and I noticed this one with light-colored splotches on it today. I didn’t check the whole bin, but at a glance, it seems like the only one with this problem. Should I be concerned? Is this something that will spread or perhaps a molting issue? I also picked it up to inspect it and one of the last segments of a leg was missing, which makes me think maybe a mismolt or injury from other roaches?

Sorry, not the clearest picture. I didn’t think to take one while I was holding it. Let me know what you think. Thanks.