I have recently started a B. Dubia roach colony. I only had 10 roaches that i had acquired so i new that would be way to slow in reproducing if at all so i kept feeding crickets until i could pick up more Dubia. Those roaches seemed fine in the enclosure.
I recently ordered 200 dubia which just arrived about 3 days ago. I was surprised when i put them in as at least 100 of them were dead. They were squished together and stunk horribly. Most of the dead ones were not even recognizable as roaches. They were just hunks of brown and black jello and liquid. It was horrible. I let the ones that were alive go into the enclosure and got rid of all the nasty dead ones.
I put some food in there and they eat it all super fast but now i notice that most all of the roaches are not moving and a lot of them are on there backs not moving.
I pick up the egg crates and some run around like mad trying to get away while others just barley move or don't move at all.
I cleaned out the cage yesterday and moved all the live roaches into the new container while getting rid of another 40 or so dead roaches. Later that night I checked and even more are not moving, on there backs, and not running, barley moving when i touch them
Does a roach ever get lethargic and just sit there? do they molt on there backs? or did i get a sick shipment of roaches and they are all dieing? i never seen this out of the roaches i had before this shipment.
I recently ordered 200 dubia which just arrived about 3 days ago. I was surprised when i put them in as at least 100 of them were dead. They were squished together and stunk horribly. Most of the dead ones were not even recognizable as roaches. They were just hunks of brown and black jello and liquid. It was horrible. I let the ones that were alive go into the enclosure and got rid of all the nasty dead ones.
I put some food in there and they eat it all super fast but now i notice that most all of the roaches are not moving and a lot of them are on there backs not moving.
I pick up the egg crates and some run around like mad trying to get away while others just barley move or don't move at all.
I cleaned out the cage yesterday and moved all the live roaches into the new container while getting rid of another 40 or so dead roaches. Later that night I checked and even more are not moving, on there backs, and not running, barley moving when i touch them
Does a roach ever get lethargic and just sit there? do they molt on there backs? or did i get a sick shipment of roaches and they are all dieing? i never seen this out of the roaches i had before this shipment.
