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Jack · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: hissing cockroach breeding

can someone give me a breeding guide for hissing cockroaches please

thanks
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PaulG · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:42 am Post subject:

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mark68 · Contributing Member Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 160

If you want them as pets then fine, but they are not worth breeding as feeders. There are plenty of better species to work with. Blaptica dubia being the obvious species.

mark_w · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:55 am Post subject:

Hi,

I have found that hissers breed really well and surprisingly quickly - and I have also found that they are excellent feeder insects - like all roaches you just have to start with enough, keep them really warm (80 to 100F), feed well and make sure that their tubs are very well ventilated - moisture is the enemy! I use large plastic tubs with vertically arranged egg trays, sat on a heat mat. I also have an inch or so of vaseline smeared around the top edge of the tubs. I mostly feed cheapo weetabix, dog food mixer and oranges and carrots.

Blaptica dubia will bury themselves in the substrate and are not so good for arboreal species like day geckos and flying geckos. Hisser nymphs climb upwards and don't seem to hide and are very soft bodied.

I also use tha adults for my tegu who loves them!

My favourite hisser is Princisia vanwaerebeki, which breeds at an amazing rate.

Cheers,
Mark.

Jack · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

well i was thinking of going a bit more natural and having a class tank with bark and cork back

would the babies be k for cresties

ps its the madgascran gian hissing cockroach
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mark_w · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:

You can set them up how you like - I can only tell you what works for me.

The small nymphs are great for cresties - I kept/bred them for a couple of years a little while back and used to feed them almost exclusively on roaches, using a mixture of red runners and hissers.

Jack · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject:

i would just have 1 pair to start off with

ans see how maney they produce

and also do you have to provide any laying sites for them
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mark_w · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

Jack · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject:

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