Hisser's been pregnant for 5 months, only halfway done!
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Keith
Megaloblatta
Not yet most are hiding. I saw around 10 so far but I imagine there are more. They are large for babies so mabye she had less, larger babies instead of more, smaller ones.
910eckogal
First Instar
I don't know how many she had, but if all you can find are 10....I'd be checking under the enclosure, behind and under whatever it's on as well....she surely had more than 10 offspring even if they died or were still born....have you checked your substrate really well?
Keith
Megaloblatta
I do a full cleaning of tank once a month that is when I take everything apart and go through substrate so ill know then. I'm seeing the nymphs crawl around now they are so fast on glass compared to the slow adults.
Also I'm excited to see what color they will be if like mom or dad or a combo of both.
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910eckogal
First Instar
That's great, keep us posted! ;-)
Ace
Second Instar
I can pleasantly announce that I share a birthday with your new litter of roaches.
Can't say for definite but I swear one of my G. Oblongonatas has pregnancy belly.
For bonding sake I used a paint brush to get around 6 or so mites off of her the other day. The ones that hide in the corners of their chests are such menaces..
Can't say for definite but I swear one of my G. Oblongonatas has pregnancy belly.
For bonding sake I used a paint brush to get around 6 or so mites off of her the other day. The ones that hide in the corners of their chests are such menaces..
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Ace
Second Instar
I've read that also, but I like handling my largest roaches often and I don't want to accidently free a pregnant mite and infest my room.Your birthday is easy to remember than!I heard the mites are good, mine has mites and is perfectly healthy. In fact I heard having no mites is unhealthy for the roach.
Although I can't speak professionally about this topic, I would imagine it to be a problem if there was too many mites and they're crowding in between nooks like leg joints or the neck.
Just wondering if it could lead to hindered movement or something else bad?
I can't say. Just trying to play it safe since I've read its also not a problem to remove mites.
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Wolfie
Fourth Instar
I heard the mite helps control a fungus that grows on the roach and can cause allergic reactions in humans, so I quite like having the mites about. Not entirely sure how true it is, but mine don't seem to have any problem with them.Your birthday is easy to remember than!
Keith
Megaloblatta
Ace
Second Instar
One of my P. vanwaerebeki molted last night and I was excited to see red-edge colorations, but immediately I noticed tons of brand new babies (the size of grain mites) running in between folds.
Then I noticed my hand, and maybe 8 or 9 of them had already descended in a Columbus-like exploration.
I'm going to have to accept this.
Then I noticed my hand, and maybe 8 or 9 of them had already descended in a Columbus-like exploration.
I'm going to have to accept this.
Keith
Megaloblatta
I finally was able to count the babies, she had a little over 40! They are little rascals it took me so long to round them up to count them. They got lots of food to eat and will soon go back into the big cage. The babies differ in color greatly too.
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Ace
Second Instar
I thought so, yours are just really rosy looking because of the photos.
Good to know we both have some similar May babies.
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