Roach walking straight into T’s Hide!

[Esmerelda]

So my juvenile sub adult Tliltocatl albopilosus is around 3 inches & I fed her a roach on Friday. I didn’t see her eat it but it had definitely gone the next morning. I’ve tried another just now (quite a big one it turned out) & it wandered straight into her hide. She was in there. For many moments there was no movement at all then the roach backed out very slowly. It’s happily chewing leaves now! I’m guessing she doesn’t want to feed & I should try again maybe Friday?

 

[Vanisher]

Take it out. Dont feed juveniles too large prey, some takes down large prey but some shy away from them. Better you feed smaller preyitems

 

[Esmerelda]

Take it out. Dont feed juveniles too large prey, some takes down large prey but some shy away from them. Better you feed smaller preyitems

I’ve taken it out as it had started to bury itself into the substrate. Now I have a tub full of these! The one I’m sure she ate last week was smaller. But not much.
I’m pretty sure these dubia roaches are not the right ones I should be feeding her. I might get some blatta lateralis?
Could the roach have injured my T, they were face to face for about a minute before the roach backed out of her hide?
What shall I do with this tub full of huge great bloody dubias? My hubby says just let them loose outside & they will die.
I’m annoyed at the exotic pet shop who sold me them!!!!

 

[Vanisher]

DO NOT LET THEM LOOSE! They are not endemic from where you live. One shall never release insects or other animals that are from other habitats. Cockroaches are experts on survival and some speicies can survive radioactive fallouts. I would nit be surprized if dubias can breed where you live, especially with this global warming going on. You should return to the store and switch them for something bettrr or kill them and freeze them and feed them dead

 

[Esmerelda]

DO NOT LET THEM LOOSE! They are not endemic from where you live. One shall never release insects or other animals that are from other habitats. Cockroaches are experts on survival and some speicies can survive radioactive fallouts. I would nit be surprized if dubias can breed where you live, especially with this global warming going on. You should return to the store and switch them for something bettrr or kill them and freeze them and feed them dead

Ok, the place where I got them from isn’t nearby as they were sent through the post but I do have a pet shop down the road I could take them to. They could then feed them to their bigger T’s etc. Thanks for your help.

 

[Vanisher]

Yes, i would have taken them there and askt if they wanna switched them to smaller roaches, like dubia nymphs or B lateralis. Good luck

 

[cold blood]

sub adult Tliltocatl albopilosus is around 3 inches & I fed her a roach on Friday. I didn’t see her eat it but it had definitely gone the next morning. I’ve tried another just now

Theres no need to feed that often at all, especially when feeding riaches, which tend to be larger and meatier....theres literally no advantage to a heavy feeding schedule....in fact, doing so will result in a t that fasts for very long periods and often hides away.

One roach every 10-15 days is more than enough.

I’ve taken it out as it had started to bury itself into the substrate

Rule #1 of feeding dubia: always crush their heads first....this prevents them from burrowing.

They could then feed them to their bigger T’s etc. Thanks for your help.

or you could simply cut the dubia in half and just feed half.

 

[Esmerelda]

Yes, i would have taken them there and askt if they wanna switched them to smaller roaches, like dubia nymphs or B lateralis. Good luck

Thanks!

Theres no need to feed that often at all, especially when feeding riaches, which tend to be larger and meatier....theres literally no advantage to a heavy feeding schedule....in fact, doing so will result in a t that fasrs for very long periods and often hides away.

One roach every 10-15 days is more than enough.


Rule #1 of feeding dubia: always crush their heads first....this prevents them from burrowing.


or you could simply cut the dubia in half and just feed half.

Oh my days that’s gross!!

 

[viper69]

I’ve taken it out as it had started to bury itself into the substrate. Now I have a tub full of these! The one I’m sure she ate last week was smaller. But not much.
I’m pretty sure these dubia roaches are not the right ones I should be feeding her. I might get some blatta lateralis?
Could the roach have injured my T, they were face to face for about a minute before the roach backed out of her hide?
What shall I do with this tub full of huge great bloody dubias? My hubby says just let them loose outside & they will die.
I’m annoyed at the exotic pet shop who sold me them!!!!

DO NOT LET THEM LOOSE...really roaches just die...not at all, they are extremely hardy, don't put foreign species outside...that's an idea from the crazy nutjob factory jeez.

 

[Esmerelda]

DO NOT LET THEM LOOSE...really roaches just die...not at all, they are extremely hardy, don't put foreign species outside...that's an idea from the crazy nutjob factory jeez.

Ok, hubby’s only put one outside so far. So if my T refuses food are the roaches ok to go back in with the others? The only reason hubby threw this one was because he said it was no longer sterile so couldn’t go back in with its friends.

 

[viper69]

it was no longer sterile so couldn’t go back in with its friends.

Sterile?? they were never sterile to begin with.

 

[Esmerelda]

Sterile?? they were never sterile to begin with.

Ok lol. I don’t know anything about bugs. I researched the T lots before I got her but not really the roaches. So people have mentioned crushing the roaches’ heads before I feed so they can’t burrow. How do you do that? If T doesn’t want to feed then I’m guessing I can put that roach in the freezer to kill it?

 

[viper69]

How do you do that?

You don't know how to break something? Use a sledgehammer whatever.

Kill it however you want

 

[EtienneN]

To crush heads, get a pair of tongs and just squeeze until you hear a crunch.

 

[Esmerelda]

To crush heads, get a pair of tongs and just squeeze until you hear a crunch.

Thanks