Tons of male and young female roaches are dying. help!

[happy1892]

I meant they were not kept well by the person you got them from. And that they are too sick to come back to life. But I have not had dubias before.

 

[milo0]

Well the female died even after I tried isolating her with food and water. No more deaths so far, since I think all of the new small ones have died off...

I'll be gone for a week so I'm not looking forward to the aftermath of not being cleaned out for that long. Luckily someone's here to give them food and water though so lets hope I don't have a ton dead. Hopefully this was all just a random occurrence with that many dying at the same time on top of them possibly being messed up genetically.

 

[pierre72]

I really don't think they are starving or that I'm neglecting them... There's always leftover food from the day before each time I go in to feed them, and I usually put 2-3 slices of oranges for all of them. They never are able to finish even that much. Everyday I check them out, remove any dead ones or separate the sick ones. All of them are super fat and healthy (those don't die, and if so it's very rare) but it's just the new guys who haven't done well. I have the small one separated with water gels and food but she acts the same way the other small ones have. Lethargic, weak, barely able to walk... And with the others, they will run away if I try catching them or touching them but with her, she doesn't budge. As of now, I don't even know if she's eaten the food or water I provided, and I've tried putting her on the food too... No idea what else to do to prevent all of the new ones from dying.

That small one at the top of your photo is fully grown? Wow. In addition to the food suggestions above, you may try giving them Fluker's Cricket Quencher water gell. It's in most pet shops. I have no experience with this species. There is a book written by our member Orin and Ricky Willis that gives instructions on the care of different species. It'd be good to ask Kyle Zephyr at roachcrossing.com for advice also. He seems to be an expert.