African Mantis VS Madagascar Hissing Cockroach as pets

[LilyPad]

I think that's what we've decided on, although she's doing some reading on millipedes as pets now also. She had a zipper spider for a while about 2 summers ago (she was only 6 then) but I wouldn't let her bring it in the house so she let it go. So she is okay with a look but don't touch pet. Landlords are still not convinced on the hissers, will have to keep working on them. It took a while to get them okay with my tree frogs too.

[Strider18]

They need humid and tropical enviroments to reproduce unlike normal german cockroaches. I would show them this site Madagascar Hissing Roach Care and Breeding they can't even survive temps below 68 F and I know that it gets way colder than that in Wisconsin. Even if they miraculously reproduced they would most likely end up dieing very quickly. Their normal temp just has to be 85-95 F to reproduce. Anyways I hope this will help you!

[Lija]

Quite a daughter you have! If she wants a spider you should give it a try yourself, try to have it on your hand...... You know defeating your fears kinda thing Have been in the same shoes a bit over a year ago. Mine for her 8y bday wanted tarantula and i didnt exactly had a fear for them, but it wasnt something i would ever wanted to have in a house or near me. Long story short, she got her tarantula and i got mine a few month after lol.

[LilyPad]

Quite a daughter you have! If she wants a spider you should give it a try yourself, try to have it on your hand...... You know defeating your fears kinda thing Have been in the same shoes a bit over a year ago. Mine for her 8y bday wanted tarantula and i didnt exactly had a fear for them, but it wasnt something i would ever wanted to have in a house or near me. Long story short, she got her tarantula and i got mine a few month after lol.

I have an incredibly unreasonable fear, I think I'd either throw up or pass out haha. I have always tried to keep it in check around her so that I didn't pass my fear on to her, but bringing them in the house is more than crossing a line for me. She has carried around spiders and centipedes since she was about 2. She actually has boards laying around the yard and she goes and checks them to see how many milipedes, centipedes, stag beetles and woodlice has collected under them. After all these years, she's only been bitten once and said it didn't hurt "that bad." She is a pretty awesome kiddo. I was just going through her backpack the other night and found a research paper written about spiders! There is a mansion in Texas that recently converted an area to a bug museum, she has been begging me to take her there....a little far to see some bugs! LOL

Everyone told me that she'd "eventually" stop liking bugs and start being afraid. They were wrong! She loves all inverts! Unless it's an ant...

Still playing with the idea of a millipede and having discussions with the landlords.