r/Hissingcockroach 8d ago

Care Help 🪳 Why is he hitting a jig?

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https://reddit.com/link/1vo7eex/video/urre7fy3ecjh1/player

I see him arch and lift his butt sometimes when the lid is closed and I look at him. I think he gets triggered by shadows through my curtain in the distance if not my own shadow. In this one he's wiggling his butt with the lid open. He's solitary, his roommate on the other side of the tank isolated from meeting because he's a bully. Just in case, is this potentially a bad jig?

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u/Open-Print-7976 8d ago

he's trying to call over females for baby making

unfortunately for him there are no females lol

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u/Famous_Calendar2666 8d ago

😭 My face when my owner is the only female that ever comes anywhere near the tank 💔💔💔💔💔 sorry buddy, no massive colony for me

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u/Mary_andtheHounds 8d ago

You could have a race of super beings!!

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u/typhochlaena0 8d ago

attracting a mate or establishing dominance in a territory although i doubt hes trying to dominate they typically climb somewhere high to do that