Discoid roaches not eating

[EightLeggedFrea]

I bought a starter colony of 50 B. discoidalis and they don't to be interested very much in eating. I feed them the same general foods I give my other roaches, dubias and B. lateralis (both of which eat like no tomorrow)-crushed cat food and cereal, fish flakes, lettuce and oranges. I also keep a full dish of hydrated water crystals present and their cage at least 90 degrees 24-7. What's the deal here?

 

[tom]

blabberus discodalis

Seems temp at 90 is too high, I would try room temp without supplemental heating. too high a tempature, they may stop eating, its too hot to move around. used dod food as cat food has too much nitogen for them to eat.Cheers, Tom

 

[BestRoach]

try dropping the temp to 85. My fusca and Discoids don't like super high temps.

 

[Villosa]

I seem to have the problem of them not being responsive at high temps like many of you. around 75-85F seems to be their preferred range.

 

[EightLeggedFrea]

Okay I have since dropped the temps to about 85 and they seem to be doing better. They are eating a little and I've even seen some of the females exposing egg cases! At any rate they sure are molting/growing like mad, faster than my Dubias, which eat like pigs at even 90s degrees.