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Greetings, The cardboard egg crates in my roach containers keep becoming wet and nasty due to humidity when the air conditioner in the room is off. It is cooler which is why it is off...but humidity is still kinda high. So I am wondering is there anything else I can use besides cardboard egg...

I have had a stable red runner (Turkistan roach) roach colony for a couple of years. Everything was fine. But randomly the other day the colony suddenly had massive deaths. I don't know why they are dying! There is no mold as far as I can tell. They were fine one day and then literally the next...

How long does it take red runner ootheca to hatch normally? I know it probably depends on temperatures and humidity right? But how long would it take them to hatch with temperatures in 65-69 degrees? And also what is the maximum time I would expect an ootheca to hatch or still be viable? Like...

It finally happened!! My Madagascar Hissing cockroach finally had babies successfully! I have been waiting forever for babies. The largest female was looking rather plump for the past few weeks or so. And then I looked in my cage last night and saw a bunch of babies! There are probably around...

Yeah, it is strange. But here is a picture of their frass. The circled section is the most clear and you can see the oval things I was talking about.

Ok, so this may be a bit of a weird topic/question, but I noticed some strange things in my madagascar hissing cockroach frass. Several of the feces in my hissers cage have these strange opaque ovalish shaped things in them. They look like tiny eggs. They don't look like they belong in the...

Hello, so I was thinking of getting some simandoa cave roaches,Simandoa conserfariam, sometime soon but I don't know their care requirements. Are they similar to madagascar hissing cockroaches? Do they require a substrate? high or low humidity? what about temperatures? Anything in particular I...

Hello, so I have a female Madagascar hissing cockroach that has laid a bunch of eggs that is about 1 inch long. I know it is not a true ootheca since Madagascar hissers don't lay ootheca on the outside but have the nymphs hatch inside. But this is the second time I have seen a bunch of whitish...

What types of food can I put in my turkistan roach colony that won't spoil or get rotten but also last several days. I would like the colony to be self sufficient while I am away. I was planning on putting a lot of fish food pellets and also an apple, maybe cut in half? and some flukers calcium...

I have been wondering, there must be an easier way to get roaches out of a container to feed them then I have been using. I have my turkistan roaches in a large plastic container with egg crates (stacked vertically) and coconut fiber, and I have been using a small vial to try and get/scoop...

My Turkistan roach colony is expanding nicely, but now I am wondering, how exactly do you clean an enclosure with little nymphs and ootheca everywhere? The enclosure has coconut fiber as a substrate and egg crates for hiding.  I haven't done any major cleaning yet, which I am wondering how you...

I spotted my first baby turkistan roaches this morning! There are probably around 10 or so. But I am excited that they are hatching now! :D Lots of ootheca's all around though. Do the babies need any different care then the adults? they eat the same food right?

Hello, so I have my heat cable wound around my roach bin, (refer to my other post about heating a roach colony for specifics), and right now I am using black electrical tape to hold it up. But the tape keeps slipping off and the cable slowly starts to pull away from the container so I have to...

Hello, I didn't realize there was introductions topic so I probably should have done this a little while ago when I joined. But anyway... I am pretty new to keeping roaches but I love insects of all kinds. And endeavoring to keep different kinds I have ventured into keeping roaches. I have a few...

Hello, my Turkistan roaches have finally produced egg cases! I am so excited! But I was wondering, how long does it take the egg cases to hatch? The egg cases are in the container with the adult roaches which has a temperature of about 78-82 degrees. It is best to leave the egg cases in the...

I have a glass terrarium with some Hissers and now that it is winter they need some heat.  I have a large heat mat but am not sure of the best place to put it.  Would the side of the glass terrarium work fine? Would it heat the terrarium enough if it is on the side?  Since heat rises, and if its...

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum, and also new to roach keeping. So any help would greatly be appreciated! Now down to the matter at hand. I have a bunch of Turkistan roaches that I would like to breed. My current setup is this. I have the roaches in a large critter keeper plastic...