Roach breeding.

[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?

[poison]

With gravid hissers and dubia you can see white flesh on their sides.

[poison]

Or if you see this



then you will soon see this


Sorry just like to show off pics

[Truffs1178]

Do you know if they can eat oranges? I heard somewhere oranges are bad but in other places they're good.

[poison]

I use oranges and other fresh fruits as a water source sometimes. It has not been proven to help breeding so everthing you hear about it is just opinions.

[demon amphibians]

Do you know if they can eat oranges? I heard somewhere oranges are bad but in other places they're good.

I have done several experiments and oranges do increase breeding. I am talking around 20-25 percent. many factors do come into play when considering this. The amount of moisture they get is very important and is a huge factor. My roaches also love watermelon and they get it frequently and i have also included this in my experiments as well but every time i get more babies out of the orange experiments. I have no idea why. It may be the calcium in the oranges or something else. the amount of water in the oranges have a big influence but I completely believe there is more to it. Some people have there doubts. But i understand that because these experiments do take large amounts of time. But my advice is to always feed oranges to your breeders. It cant hurt and they are cheaper then most fruit with that amount of moisture.

[Cap10Squirty]

With gravid hissers and dubia you can see white flesh on their sides.

Daniel, are any of your Madagascar hissers reaching 3"?

*Edit* I guess I should ask this to Jack as well since you breed Hissers.