Recent content by Crazy Bug Lady

I am looking for a new breeder to purchase hissers from.  The breeder I really enjoyed working with is no longer in the hobby.  I make smaller purchases two-three times a year and want to find a new, reputable breeder of various hisser species. I would really like a breeder who is responsive. ...

I'm getting itchy, almost blister-like marks on my hands after handling members of my hisser colony.  Can grain mites bite?  Or could it be a reaction to the hissers themselves?  I'm planning to give the enclosure a good cleaning, but I wanted to see if anyone else had experienced this issue. I...

I would like to rehome my female hissers, some of whom are pregnant.  I don't want much for them, but would appreciate it if you could pay shipping and perhaps some amount for the females.  I would also take male hissers of any breed in trade or partial trade.  I am pretty sure they are hybrids...

Hi all, I just discovered that one of my hissers is expecting.  I usually keep my males and females separate, but I must have missexed one of my females and now I have nymphs on the way.  My questions are: How many gallons do I need for the tank?  Do I need something other than a reptile tank...

I had a colony of eight males and had three die rapidly over about a three day period.  I am thinking they just got too cold as our heat went out and it dropped to around 50 degrees F.  I have since moved them to a new glass container with a heating mat, so I hope that will help.  Any advice on...

So I've been feeding my hissers roach jelly, along with fish flakes and some carrots and apples.  My colony is very small,.  I have two females in one cage and seven males in the other cage.  I've noticed that they aren't eating the roach jelly very fast, but that it seems to do well as a source...

Hi all, I've recently moved, and some of my much-loved male hissers didn't make the move alive, in spite of my best efferts.  I am now looking to replenish my collection.  In particular, I am looking for individuals that are large and make a lot of noise.  These hissers will then be placed in...

I'm looking for the following breeds of cockroach p'vanwerebeki I would really like one male and one female, but if I had to pick just one gender I would like a male flat horned hisser, again, would like a pair, but male if one of each is not available I am also happy to purchase unwanted...

I'm hoping to create a hisser habitat in the form of a glass-enclosed faerie garden. Faerie gardens are mad up of tiny plants, little houses and other faerie sized furniture.  I thought the bugs could hide in the little houses and amung the plants. My substrate is a composit of conut fiber...

I just bought several female hissers.  One of them is very fat.  I'm worried she is pregnant.  Is there a way I can tell?  Or would one of you be able to tell if I got a picture of her? My roaches are in critter keepers, so if she gave birth, the nymphs would be able to get out through the...

o, let me start by saying I'm not hybridizing my roaches, not now and not in the future, but I do have something I was thinking about related to hybridizatione. I am referring to hissers of madagascar such as g,portentosa, g,oblongonota and others in this post spacifically, since that is the...

So, this is just for fun, but I hope some of you can help.  I have six roaches and I would like to name them.  Mine are strictly pets, not feeders, so I feel they deserve names.  Oh, two of the six do have names, they are two male halloween hissers that I call Mike and Sully (from the movie...

I didn't see a topic for her so I'll start one. I had a very good experience buying roaches from her.  She answered all my questions and made paying very easy!  She also package the roaches I purchased beautifully and the bugs came out of the box lively and healthy.  I am very happy with my...

I am keeping my millipede, my oblongonota nymph and my adult g,portentosa in a medium critter keeper.  I'm expecting two E,gervanica (sorry about spelling), and another adult male g,portentosa.  I want to purchase a couple more, but I'm not sure how many roaches it's ok to keep in a medium...

Hello, I know this may be a strange request, by I'm looking to buy male hissers.  The reason I want males is because I don't want to breed right now.  And because males hiss more.  In particular, I am interested in vibrant hissers, tiger hissers and wide horned hissers.  If anyone has any...