My son and I are loving having pet hissers! We were just shocked when a couple of them pinched our skin while walking along our hands and arms! Definitely stung and left red marks! Any ideas why this happened? Were they just hungry? Kind of freaked us out! Thanks!
Has anyone else been nipped by their Madagascar hissing cockroaches?
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Their gentle nature, large size, odd sounds and low-maintenance care have made Madagascar hissing cockroaches popular educational tools and pets for years. But the giant insects also have one unfortunate characteristic: Their hard bodies and feces are home to many mold species that could be...
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Thanks!Interesting read
Hissing Cockroaches Are Popular, But They Also Host Potent Mold Allergens
Their gentle nature, large size, odd sounds and low-maintenance care have made Madagascar hissing cockroaches popular educational tools and pets for years. But the giant insects also have one unfortunate characteristic: Their hard bodies and feces are home to many mold species that could be...www.sciencedaily.com
Arthroverts
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Hissing roaches, indeed many roach species, will chew on human skin as they are held; I know for millipedes this is probably because they mistake the keratin in our skin for chitin, which they use to build their exoskeletons, and I suspect this is likely true for roaches too.
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Edan bandoot
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i used to have a madagascar roach as a kid and held it all the time and never got a bite