Recent content by lonelyronin

I have a large colony of hissers, and they have developed a brown fuzzy mold/fungus. I've cleaned out the tank several times, but it always comes back - it's on the bugs, so without scrubbing them individually/bleaching them, I don't have any idea how to get rid of it. It is all over the tank...

Hello I have had a large colony of hisser roaches for about 5 years, and had never seen a mite. Yesterday is was doing a check and saw mites everywhere - there has to be thousands crawling around. Considering I do a check every couple of days (move the cartons, stir up the substrate), I didn't...

Hello I have a big problem. My hissers are eaching each other alive - I notice it when one of them has just finished shedding. I feed them crushed puppy/cat food kibble, fish food, a piece of fruit/veggie once a week, and their bedding is oats. They have fresh water everyday in a bowl, and...

I have about 50 mixed hissers - from nymphs to adults. Everything has been going well, and no husbandry has changed in the last 6 months, but I have noticed 4 aborted oothaca in the last month. In the last 3 years, I have never had an aborted oothaca, so I'm wondering if anyone has any...

If anyone from the Guelph Ont area would like to exchange or sell a few hissers, I would like to do this to increase the genetic diversity of my colony. Contact me at squee1000@hotmail.com Laura

I was wondering if you can feed dead house plant clippings to hissers? I was also reading somewhere about only feeding hissers once or twice a week - I always keep the dry dog/cat food in the enclosure, and give fresh every couple of days. Is this what was meant? Thanks Laura

My hisser colony is having a problem - I have been finding that one or two at a time will become sluggish over a weeks time - to the point that they will barely struggle when put upside down - then they die. Its been going on for about 2 months. Any suggestion? comments? Heat is 85 degrees...