Recent content by Nhewyt

Well, my fellow roach loving friends, I've not been posting much lately because I've been trying to find a way to make the truth not be true... and it hasn't worked. So, there is nothing for it but to be out with it. It seems that only a few months into my re-emergence into the roach hobby, I...

So I have read many things about P. Vanderbeckie - I have seen at least 5 varieties (black, big black, tiger, common, giant) offered for sale. Some sources say that all the types are one and that if you keep a large colony of any of them long enough you will see all of the various morphs. Then...

I am curious as to if the G. oblongata can be as variable as the P. Vanderbeckie? Everything that I have read and the photos that I have seen online say and show a very large hisser which is very red/mahogany in color. However, I have about a dozen of them (all from the same source) with 6 of...

Just wondering if anyone regularly sells excess feeders to their local pet shops? Since I want to be sure to stay small in quanity, large in species this time into the hobby, I am looking at all possible means of moving out any population explosions I may end up with. Though my first choice...

Hello all, I've never kept the dwarf hissers, was wondering if there are any special tips on care which are different than for other hisser species that I need to be aware of?

OK, I'm really just sorta curious about this. I've never kept any of my hissers with a substrate - just plain ol' egg crates in a bin or custom made hives. This mainly because it is so easy to clean and I clean my cages at least once a week to prevent any possible allergens that might build up...

I thought this would make for an interesting discussion which could benefit old and new hands to the roach hobby alike. Are there problems associated with inbreeding of roaches? Are all of the various colonies of roaches in the USA related? Are there really any colonies which are from...

Hi all, thought I'd share this link. Free shipping on egg flats and a good price at $26 for 70 of them :) Egg Flats

Well, back into the hobby less than a week and I've had my first loss already :( One of my tiger hissers got stuck in it's molt and I was unable to save it. I am going to guess that since it was so close to a molt, the trauma of shipping, moving into a new home, etc. was just too much for...

OK, this question came up because I was just looking at my HUGE pothos and thinking "that's going to have to get trimmed" - so, of course, the next thing to pop into my head was "I wonder if I can feed the trimmings to my roaches?". So, anyone ever done this? Pothos is a tropical vine from the...

OK, so I'll hit the formula questions first B) 1. Do you currently raise any roaches? I am just getting back into the roach hobby - let's face it, once a roacher, always a roacher - I tried the cold turkey get rid of 'em all and I've been itching to get them back. 2. If so, how many? In...