Hey there guys! My name is Jae, and i would like to care for Question Marks!

oh jeez. someone just told me the adults only live for a couple weeks.

and that the nymphs take a year to turn to adults.

what in the name of..

 
The adults usually live a few months, not a few weeks, and nymphs can sometimes take 2 years to mature lol! They only need temps of 70 or above to breed, so you could keep them colder than you are right now and not risk breaking the tank. I believe they lay many ooths, and you can keep them in the tank with the adults.

 
My female matured when I got the shipment in way back in September of last year. Leave the ooths in there. It's truly the best especially since if they are laying in the cage it usually means the conditions are right. I would suggest keeping them at least 80 degrees as they will be more active.

 
Okay, so,.Chica is trying to expel an egg-case i think. or maybe shes acclimating temperature?

but uhm..

Chica is a juvenile?????

I didnt think a juvenile madagascar could get pregnant?!

its freaking me out.

We've been waiting for Lady to have babies, shes /obviously/ pregnant.

but ughghhhhhhh

 
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Well, if chica is truly pregnant, then she is an adult. She may be a small adult, but an adult nonetheless.

 
but shes so dark. i thought madagascar hissers were the pretty orange?

Both Carlos and Lady are orange, but Chica is almost black.

 
and shes pretty small too. Its making me thing the other two at the pet store arent Madagascars either.

Even the little male (not Carlos) is small and black like Chica.

Maybe they are hybreds or another type of hisser? Chica does hiss, she hisses to herself even when the others arent near her.

Quite loudly too.

 
It's nearly impossible to tell if hissers are hybrids. Hissers do hiss randomly even when there is nothing to provoke them. It happens. Depending on the size of it it probably is an adult.

 
Nope. I had an all black adult male. They come in all different colors and sizes. Gromphadorhina is a known species to be hybridized so it really wouldn't surprise me if you had hybrids

 
Unfortunately, most "Gromphadorhina portentosa" stocks are hybrids, it is really hard to find true stock nowadays.

 
Yeah, but it is not too hard to find "pure" stock of the other species, whereas with the G.portentosa almost all stock is probably hybrid.

 
From how they collected the first stock of them waaaaayyy back when, it is very very very likely that all gromphorhina species are hybrids.

 
Babies don't JUST happen lol. It takes give or take a couple of months. A species that feels like an eternity to raise is Polyphaga sausserei. Takes up to 2 years for it to be a full grown adult female and it takes 7 plus months for babies to appear...

 
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