Roachesintheivy
Arachnopeon
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One of my hissers has started acting pretty strange.
My female that ended up being pregnant- named Crabmeat -has been hanging out at the highest point in the enclosure (on top of the driftwood) for several days. I didn't think much of it at first, because hissers are always full of surprises. Her his has also been particularly weak and squeaky. But then, today, I caught her doing... something. She was opening and closing her back end in a bit of a pulsing manner. She couldn't have been trying to push out an Ootheca, because she had babies far too recently, but I still didn't think much of it.
Tonight, the behavior has gotten concerning. She finally ventured down from her driftwood, but she's lethargic, and resting in a spot she never normally would rest, beside the food bowl. I picked her up, and another thing I noticed was that she was "walking on her ankles" while her tarsi still appeared perfectly fine.
I know that usually, behavior like this would warrant an immediate ticket to roach heaven. She's not that old and doesn't even appear to be fully grown (she's about 2"). One possible cause is that the driftwood once had some mold in the top area, but I got that taken care of.
Another something to note is a strange hisser death about a little more than a month ago. It was also a female. She, named Screech, would sit in the corner of the tank continually hissing at nothing, and appearing to try and dig into the substrate somewhat unsuccessfully. Her hiss was also strange and weak. I later found her nearly dead on her back having tried and failed to climb the driftwood. I put her in an icu where she would continually flip herself over trying to climb, and seemed to only really be in control of half of her legs. Her tarsi were perfectly intact, but she would also exhibit the behavior of walking on her ankles. She got weaker and weaker, and I decided to freeze her. She was also a young roach, roughly 2"
Has anyone else seen strange behavior like this? Are there any known causes? I've searched and searched, but I can't find anything like this. And feedback would be greatly appreciated!
My female that ended up being pregnant- named Crabmeat -has been hanging out at the highest point in the enclosure (on top of the driftwood) for several days. I didn't think much of it at first, because hissers are always full of surprises. Her his has also been particularly weak and squeaky. But then, today, I caught her doing... something. She was opening and closing her back end in a bit of a pulsing manner. She couldn't have been trying to push out an Ootheca, because she had babies far too recently, but I still didn't think much of it.
Tonight, the behavior has gotten concerning. She finally ventured down from her driftwood, but she's lethargic, and resting in a spot she never normally would rest, beside the food bowl. I picked her up, and another thing I noticed was that she was "walking on her ankles" while her tarsi still appeared perfectly fine.
I know that usually, behavior like this would warrant an immediate ticket to roach heaven. She's not that old and doesn't even appear to be fully grown (she's about 2"). One possible cause is that the driftwood once had some mold in the top area, but I got that taken care of.
Another something to note is a strange hisser death about a little more than a month ago. It was also a female. She, named Screech, would sit in the corner of the tank continually hissing at nothing, and appearing to try and dig into the substrate somewhat unsuccessfully. Her hiss was also strange and weak. I later found her nearly dead on her back having tried and failed to climb the driftwood. I put her in an icu where she would continually flip herself over trying to climb, and seemed to only really be in control of half of her legs. Her tarsi were perfectly intact, but she would also exhibit the behavior of walking on her ankles. She got weaker and weaker, and I decided to freeze her. She was also a young roach, roughly 2"
Has anyone else seen strange behavior like this? Are there any known causes? I've searched and searched, but I can't find anything like this. And feedback would be greatly appreciated!
