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My mysterious growth-retarded nymph looks like he might be on his way out. He's two years old and still not had his final moult, although he's always eaten well and been active. However in the last two days he has been very limp, constantly flipping himself onto his back, although if you turn...

I'm sure there was a topic about this but now I can't find it. I'm excited that my special oblongonota nymph (fondly known as Panic) has started hissing, though he's now unable to shut up. But as I am losing track of how old he is, I figured this was a good milestone to call from. So, how...

So, a good year and a half ago I posted about my lone surviving nymph from a female G. oblongonota which died giving birth. The nymph is growing very slowly but it survived, it's still alive and about 5th instar now. It's also definitely a MALE. Judging by his big horns and feathery antennae...

I've got two hisser nymphs left from my original litter of six, one has moulted (first moult since hatching) and seems strong, the other hadn't moulted was fine until today, and now it seems to be going downhill. It keeps flipping onto its back and being unable to get back up, and when it is on...

I've got two hisser nymphs left from my original litter of six, one has moulted (first moult since hatching) and seems strong, the other hadn't moulted was fine until today, and now it seems to be going downhill. It keeps flipping onto its back and being unable to get back up, and when it is on...

I have some leftover apple sauce from making pudding, I wondered about giving the last teaspoonful to the hissers (obviously in tiny blobs), being careful not to let the nymphs get stuck and die. Anybody tried this?

My boyfriend is doing his dissertation on calcium supplements in Achatina fulica (giant African land snail) hatchlings, I'm not totally savvy about snails, but he asked me if I could ask here if anybody in the UK can help him source them. The study will involve five groups of snail hatchlings...

For obvious reasons, I was wondering if it's okay to feed pumpkin flesh to hissers? If so it would be an awesome source of food for them for a while, I could freeze some chunks of flesh so I can give it to them later in the year too! :D

I've lost three nymphs in two days and I don't know why! They are just a couple of weeks old, there were only six in the litter to begin with, so its pretty important to me to save the other three. They have been living in a small mealworm tub, with air holes, they have cardboard tubes for...

My lone female wide-horned hisser died yesterday morning while apparently aborting, but later was discovered to be giving birth. The litter, however, is tiny. There are only six nymphs. I checked the substrate thoroughly and all hiding spots, and there's definitely only six. Why such a tiny...

My last hisser was found dead this morning. I wasn't present as I was abroad and have only just arrived home. She was in the care of my elder brother, who is not entirely knowledgeable about cockroaches but was simply following my instructions and he started frantically messaging me yesterday...

This is about slugs, but anyone with any information about slugs or snails, please help, or point me somewhere where someone might be able to help! Before Christmas, I found two slug hatchlings in a bag of compost, the compost was bagged overseas and I have no idea what species these slugs are...

I have 3 G. portentosa, a male and two females. One of the females I've had for approximately 8 months, and the other two I've had for about five months, they've all lived together for that time. I'm hoping for them to breed, but I'm not sure what I'm looking out for, or how to encourage them...

In my roach's tank, in the food dish, there is some carrot slivers, some parsnip slivers, some broccoli and some crushed dog biscuits. I also bought her a little natural log thing with holes for hiding in, I thought it would be nice to have something a little more permanent than cardboard...

I have an adult female hisser (I believe she is G. portentosa, but I'm not certain, I'm definitely no expert!), I only have her because she's just an interesting pet, although I'd love to breed her at some point. I haven't had her very long, just a few weeks, and she came from a very large...