Kind of a dumb question

[madagascarhissinglover]

Like the title says, I've got a dumb question. It seems like a pretty obvious answer but I just want to clarify; can you over-water a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach?
What I mean by this is if I'm feeding them a steady diet of lettuce, carrots, and fish pellets along with another dish of water gel, would they be getting too much water and possibly suffer from it? I wouldn't be spraying their tank more often then a couple times a week. Even then it'd mostly be for the substrate and not necessarily everywhere in the tank.

 

[BoyFromLA]

I wouldn't be spraying their tank more often then a couple times a week.

Spraying bi-weekly or even once a month would still work. Less is always has a better chance than more or too much, at least to me that is.

 

[madagascarhissinglover]

Spraying bi-weekly or even once a month would still work. Less is always has a better chance than more or too much, at least to me that is.

Yeah that's true. I'll probably do bi-weekly since it's easier to track

 

[winter]

Cockroaches are remarkably resilient and can tolerate a wide range of environmental parameters. My G. portentosa colony is kept on vermiculite with egg crates and fed whatever leftover kitchen scraps and fruit my kids don't eat. I keep a tray of water gel in their enclosure, but they don't seem to eat the stuff and it just dries out. Never once have I sprayed their enclosure or done anything to affect the humidity. I live in inland southern California where it's dry three seasons a year and the winter lows get down to the low 30s while summer highs get into the low 110s; the colony is exposed to these environmental conditions in an uninsulated garage and continues to grow with minimal effort on my part. I wouldn't call my feeder colony thriving, but the fact the numbers keep increasing and I have more than enough cockroaches of various sizes to feed my 30 Ts indicates they're doing better than just surviving in the conditions I've provided.

Spray away or not, I doubt it'll make too much of a difference.

 

[madagascarhissinglover]

Cockroaches are remarkably resilient and can tolerate a wide range of environmental parameters. My G. portentosa colony is kept on vermiculite with egg crates and fed whatever leftover kitchen scraps and fruit my kids don't eat. I keep a tray of water gel in their enclosure, but they don't seem to eat the stuff and it just dries out. Never once have I sprayed their enclosure or done anything to affect the humidity. I live in inland southern California where it's dry three seasons a year and the winter lows get down to the low 30s while summer highs get into the low 110s; the colony is exposed to these environmental conditions in an uninsulated garage and continues to grow with minimal effort on my part. I wouldn't call my feeder colony thriving, but the fact the numbers keep increasing and I have more than enough cockroaches of various sizes to feed my 30 Ts indicates they're doing better than just surviving in the conditions I've provided.

Spray away or not, I doubt it'll make too much of a difference.

Thats super helpful. I was concerned that the hissers wouldn’t get enough moisture from the carrots and lettuce hence why I even looked into water gel. Since yours seem to be thriving without water gel and no sprays at all, I think I’ll forget the water gel. Especially since you said they don’t really eat it. Thanks for the info