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I think everyone knows the writer Kafka and this is the wikipedia article about the story of someone transformed into a human sized roach: http://en.wikipedia....e_Metamorphosis For a nice, short and fast explanation of the story see this link...

Can you imagine the nightmare of being turned into a roach ?

I have a plastic container and I want to use a heat-mat / heat-pad for Hissers. Questions: 1 - Can I use a "heat-mat / heat-pad" on a plastic container ? (I think 30 ºC won´t burn it) 2 - Do you know stories of a "heat-mat /heat-pad" that catched fire ? 3 - What "heat-mat / heat-pad" mark do...

I would like to do hybrids (...ok I always had that mad scientist spirit...) so I was thinking if artificial insemination would be possible... I would have to extract the male roach sperm with a syringe and inject it on the female. (...I can´t belive I have written this...) Sorry for posting...

If I give sugar or chocolate to Hissers will they love it ?

I am going to stay 3 weeks in vacations on summer. What kind of food should I leave to the roaches ? I have 15 adult classic hissing roaches and 20 Javanica roaches. I know that bread will have fungus in 3 days...

Since I am searching for a plastic substitute for egg crates (that isn´t plastic egg crates) so I can wash it and re-use it I was thinking on making shelves made of LEGO. With LEGO you can do any type of shelve (or structure...a castle whatever...). There are even LEGO parts with side holes to...

You want to know all CockRoach types and names (all taxonomy, Genrus and Family...) ? Here is the site in French: http://lemondedesphasmes.free.fr/spip.php?article462&artsuite=0 I think that if you choose a name and search for it on internet you can find some suprising photos (I hope...)

I have found this insect in summer at Pic du Nor, a 1,5 km mount at South France. I took 2 photos but sadly I erased them... This one is an internet image, is this a Roach or a Weta ?

I found this site where a breeder used an aluminium mesh around a bowl to allow easy acess to roaches: http://www.reptileboards.com/threads/how-to-keep-and-breed-roaches-extensive.64560/

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2011-05-26-new-species-of-jumping-cockroach-discovered-in-cape

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/cockroach-navigation/

I have found on internet a site that explained how to make a waterer for roaches (that will be nice when I will go on vacantions). http://users.usachoice.net/~swb/pet_arthropod/RCH.htm

I was cleaning the hissers vivarium and I think I have lost some little roaches by changing the substrate. I wonder if they can be breed without substrate. What is the importance of the substrate to them ? Is it necessary for breeding or simply to make the enviroment more natural to them ...

I wanted to know if there is any european site that sells egg crates. Thank you.

Everybody knows that roaches love egg crates but they must be changed from time to time. Can a egg crate be somehow coatted with something so I can clean it with water ? Like melting plastic with a heat gun that when solidified would adapt to the shape of the egg crate ? Or melting a plastic...

My vivarium is a transparent plastic box (140 liters) with 15 hissers. I going to put a big black plastic box inside the vivarium. ----------- Questions: 1- Do hissers prefere/like to hide in dark places ? 2- Do dark places increase the breeding for hissers ? 3- If the black box I am going...

I tagged a roach (as number 1) and this roach (even before being tagged) always stayed away from the main colony. Sometimes it prefered to be in an exposed area instead of the only hidden place that existed (in the beggining I had only one "roach house" in the vivarium. Question: why does it...

I have normal Hissing Roach (G.Portentosa) and I am thinking on buying another variety of Hissing Roach (Elliptorhina javanica). Elliptorhina Javanica: --- I have two questions: 1- If I put both of them in the same vivarium will be there a problem ? (should I buy a separate one ?) 2- They...

I have 140 L tank (80cm x 60cm x 41cm) and I will have 15 adult hissers. How many holes I should use for ventilation ? I don´t want a big opening because of the smell (hygine)...I am preparing a dual thin hose system that will be connected to a ventilation opening on the the top of my...