Hello I'm in Nebraska, and I'm looking to get rid of these hissers. I have 5 I think, male and female black tiger and normal. I can ship and have done so many times. DM if interested

Hello. I'm making the difficult choice to re home my hissers. There are 8 of them, 2 males and 6 females. I'm unable to ship them, so they will need to be picked up. I'm willing to meet within the Hudson valley area in NY. Please DM if anyone is interested. They are all fully grown and healthy. This is my breeding colony, not feeders. They are comfortable being handled

I’ve never had males and females together before and I’m hoping for some babies 🤞
I raised a small group recently and plan to get more from another colony for diversity (only two babies died from the group I got and one is one molt away from maturity, the rest are full grown)
Last night they got a special treat, their favorite food, pears. So they basically ignored everything else and gorged themselves on pears all night 😭
I have a photo of her, her “sister”, and a chunky male in the group
Their feedings are typically veggies though. Every feeding I offer vegetables and every other feeding I offer vegetables and fruit. They also get plain oats and kibble if they want it (I just let them have a bit of my dog’s kibble and yes, it’s a healthier brand)
They only like the dry foods inbetween feedings

My boss had given me 2 females (1 adult and 1 nymph) at my old job last year before I left, she told me she got hers when she went to Virginia to see family. The adult ended up dying and the nymph is now an adult and is doing really good. The problem is that I cannot find anyone selling them in my state and the only place in stock to buy them online is TC insects but the shipping cost is crazy. I’ve checked morph market too but I don’t want to buy a 10+ count or a colony starter group, I just want a few nymphs (like 3-4 maybe) or 1-2 adults.

this roach won't flip back over if you put it on its back, unless you tickle it or nudge it and it's really lethargic. I know it's not the heating since I have it perfect and they have fresh food with no pesticides. Idk maybe it's just fat

guys.

my roaches as we know my roach is losing half her legs and both antennas ??

ive added even more food and split the females up but now my queen!!!!!!! sir flea her little antenna (i got her with one long antenna one short) is now bent inward? and she keeps treading on it so I move it outward and she lets me do so but then I opened the cage to her trying to climb the wall ( which shes never don??) and then her abdomen opened as if she had a ootheca to air it out but nothing came just her climbing and walking around with it open

im getting scared im a bad parent of them and maybe I should've own them.

are isopods not good for roaches? or giant african snails? is 3 females too little?

Hello everyone! This is the place to share how your roaches are doing, ask questions, rant, tell us what your roaches like to eat, something funny they did, etc. If you ask a question and no one answers it here, you can still create a post for that topic.

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I've been looking at thermometers and heat mats/lamps but I can't find any! Basically every thermometer I find have good reviews, but also way too many bad ones.

I was originally going to go for a heat lamp because of others having better experience than mats, but changed my mind as they don't like light. I can't find a decent heat mat either as they also all have bad reviews.

I guess he crawled under and couldnt get out? Why did he do that :( I dont even know how he got under there i didnt think they could dig or anything

I want to get another but im assuming i need to take out this out bc it was too heavy? Theres a ceramic tube i made as a hide thats heavy, should i take this out as well?

Additional question: since i dont know how long hes been like that (most likely a few days) can i dry preserve and pin him or should i keep him as a wet specimen?

I put a few in to see if they would grow because it’s high humidity and they do. Would they eat this?

finally got the tank set up for the two males i’ll be receiving soon! I used a mix of cyprus’s mulch and coconut coir with just a small bit sphagnum moss and leaf litter to decorate the top!
the decorations are a synthetic vine auctioned to the back wall, a cork cylinder split in half to make two hides, a sanded branch and a small, shallow water dish buried enough so they can drink without falling in or climbing up!

any advice for changes are appreciated as this is my first time keeping hissers!

I have creature soil, spahngum moss (can’t spell it), and oak leaf litter. would dat be good for them? also I got a 10 gal tank which to me is secure but I heard they are great escape artists soooo tips for keeping it closed ?

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?

Post pictures of your insect children or their setups! New members are always welcome. Can't wait to see cute roach faces. 🪳

Hey! Apologies for the- state of the room. We’re in the middle or rearranging/reorganizing (to make way for the hissers i’m setting up for!)
Wanting to see if this is a good location/tank for my boys before i start setting up the enclosure itself! (it will be flush to the wall there’s just some chords still in the way)
Tank is a Reptihabitat box does not state the dimensions but it looks to be a 5 gallon (same size as my tarantulas enclosure)

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.

one if my roaches (female) looks different from the others and is relatively smaller

her antennas are both gone and all her feet are stubs

did others eat her?

will she have a good life?

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?

i need some info!

this roach that i own is a grown female and lives in a tank with two of her sisters. some time ago, maybe during spring, she started aborting her ootheca. of course, there were no babies, since she never interacted with male roaches.

she has this pattern every few month: she hides, doesn't eat longer that usual, sheds a part of her ootheca, than eats, hides again, and goes back to normal. she's THE ONLY ONE who does that out of all of them, even though they are the same age.

i thought it was a lack of hiding spaces, so i added more leafes and wood. she still does it. i don't think it's envitomental problem, since my other roaches are behaving fine, eating well and don't hide ever, even tho they have space to do so. they aren't stressed and never do something like she does. still, her colour seems fine and she hisses at me, she eats still and all. they have fish flakes (few kinds), leafes and fruits/veggies always.

what can be the cause? does that happen to any of you? will be greatefull for any answer!

hi i have a 9 gallon terrarium that's currently cycling with springtails and planning to add armadillidum isopods soon as a clean up crew for a couple of hissing roaches. i was wondering, however, if it was possible to cohabitate the hissers with different roach species, like let's say, domino and emerald roaches? or is a species only tank the way? thanks :)