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I've got several hundred B. lateralis roaches, they lay lots and lots of egg cases...but relatively few hatch. Why?
Most of them look shriveled. Are these infertiles, that just dessicate away?
Or do they only lay eggs once bred, so they really don't expend energy laying eggs that won't hatch, and these are in fact fertile cases I'm killing?
Is there anything I'm doing wrong to make them not hatch?
They're kept in a 4 gallon Sterilite, with a screen lid. They've got an inch or so of coco bedding. Average room temp in here is around 72* F, relative humidity 40-50%. They're fed pre-prepared roach food from blaberus.com, and drink water crystals or slices of fruit/vegetable.
They seem to be really fat and healthy, but they eventually dwindle due to few of the cases actually hatching to sustain the population, and I have to buy more.
What am I doing wrong? :wall:
Most of them look shriveled. Are these infertiles, that just dessicate away?
Or do they only lay eggs once bred, so they really don't expend energy laying eggs that won't hatch, and these are in fact fertile cases I'm killing?
Is there anything I'm doing wrong to make them not hatch?
They're kept in a 4 gallon Sterilite, with a screen lid. They've got an inch or so of coco bedding. Average room temp in here is around 72* F, relative humidity 40-50%. They're fed pre-prepared roach food from blaberus.com, and drink water crystals or slices of fruit/vegetable.
They seem to be really fat and healthy, but they eventually dwindle due to few of the cases actually hatching to sustain the population, and I have to buy more.
What am I doing wrong? :wall: