Private breeder feeder & pet exotic roaches. Residing in sunny S. Ca. This blog is all about my collection of various critters, past & present. You'll find care sheets, tutorials and various information on my former reptiles & current inverts.
Thought I would share my ne Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar Hissing Cockroach) colony. These roaches are huge, 3 inches plus. These types of roaches make good pets for some. Adult Hissers have been know to live up to 5 years in captivity. They can also be used as feeders for large lizards and tarantulas. As adults, they have a hard exoskeleton for protection. I weigh an adult female and it weighed 11g.
Both males and females are wingless. Males are identified by prominent protrusions called pronatal humps on there thorax that appear to look like horns. Males are also territorial. They will buck heads and push around any male that tries to enter his territory. Males without a territory don’t usually breed. So make sure you give your colony plenty of floor space Females give live birth after about 60 days to anywhere from 15-40 nymphs. These things hiss when disturbed or to ward of predators.
Humidity levels need to be high for this species. High humidity and temps promotes good healthy molts and good breeding. Hissers eat just about any kind of vegetables. Carrot is said to be one of there favorites. They also need a high protein diet to prevent adult males from eating others. Substrate isn’t needed, but if you decide to use it, red wheat bran is said to work best.
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Feeding video of my little 1 inch+ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens “Green Bottle Blue” slings. There eating B. lateralis roaches. These C. cyaneopubescens have more than doubled there size in the last few weeks. They have been feeding really well and growing like weeds. Looking forward to there adult colorations
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Feeding video of my little 1 inch+ Brachypelma smithi slings. I managed to catch 4/7 catch there B. lateralis roaches. The others that didn’t eat either recently molted or were in pre-molt. Some pretty good tags. There starting to show there adult colors. Another molt or two and they’ll be looking good.
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I received 8 Phormictopus cancerides slings on Friday from a trade I did with “whites inverts” on Arachnoboards. The trade was flawless and very positive. The slings are all about ½” and doing well. One even molted a few hours after rehousing as you’ll see on the video. I bought some tattoo ink caps that I’m using as water dishes. They actually work well. Before posting this video, I had noticed one of the slings drinking from it, very cool to see.
½" Phormictopus cancerides "Hatian Brown" sling.
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