Roach breeding.

[Truffs1178]

Do roaches need to have a heat ma or can they breed if the air temp is 32 degrees. My roach room is really warm at 32 degrees celcius and it would be more expensive to use more heat mats. I am going to breed the different species in different containers like you guys suggested.

[poison]

having a high ambient temp works just fine

[Truffs1178]

What species of cockroach have you bred before?

[poison]

Dubia, hissers, blatta lateralis and just started on bananas and red heads

[Truffs1178]

In your experience which breeds the fastest?

[poison]

Blatta lateralis for sure. Seems like the females pop out eggs every day lol.

[Truffs1178]

Good I bought a really small starter colony of them.

[Truffs1178]

My hisses and lobsters have arrived. About 7 of the hisses are fully grown and the rest are nymphs and about 30 of the lobster roaches are fully grown and the rest are nymphs. How long should I be expecting to wait before babies? Also how do you sex Lobster roaches, Turkistan roaches and hissers? I presume with hissers it's that one sex has those horn things and the other sex doesn't correct?

[Truffs1178]

A few more questions.

1. How can I tell if a roach is pregnant not just fat or is there no way?

2. Can they eat oranges, tangerines and satsumas? I read in a few places that giving dubias citrus fruits will make them breed faster. Is this the same with lobsters, turkistans and hissers?

3. I have dubias in one tank, hissers in another and Turkistan and lobsters mixed in another since they are exactly the same size. The temp in the Turks and lobsters is sometimes reaching 35 in the day at the max. Is this too hot or will they be fine?

[Truffs1178]

I know you keep them poison so do you know?