Crazy Bug Lady

My latest names include Shy Boy and Fierce Guardian. Fierce guardian is a male V-Horned hisser living with his much smaller dwarf hisser boy colony. He seems to like to sit on top of the bark while his smaller friends go under the bark.

When one of my hisser boys climbs on my hand without having to be picked up. When they use there feelers to smell me. The big males behavior of guarding a log or piece of bark.

I'm still able to handle my small colony and individuals. I would like to sometime try some of those pill bugs for pets

That's too bad. It's nowhere near bad enough for me to not want to handle them. Perhaps some over the counter medication will help, along with washing my hands for longer after handling them. I don't even get it all the time, and I'm honestly glad it's likely not some mite or something bothering them. Thanks for the help!

I'm getting itchy, almost blister-like marks on my hands after handling members of my hisser colony. Can grain mites bite? Or could it be a reaction to the hissers themselves? I'm planning to give the enclosure a good cleaning, but I wanted to see if anyone else had experienced this issue. I feed fruit (oranges) and veggies (carrots) along with a mixture I bought for hissers. As it says in the title, I am a blind hisser keeper, so I need to handle them to see if they are alive, healthy and so on. Thanks for any help with this!

Thank you so much for being willing to take them on. However, the females have been relocated to an education center/zoo where they can have their nymphs and be cared for in a manner that won't require any to be killed. I believe the nymphs were to be a mix of wide-horn and common hisser, but since it wasn't one of my own males that bred them I can't really be sure. I did a lot of research and I found out that hissers can carry fertalized eggs inside for a long time, which explains them being pregnant without one of my males breeding them. Needless to say I've learned my lesson and will only be purchasing subadult females if any from now on.

I'm not sure about poisoning. A good rinse usually does the trick for removing poisons for me. I hope your boys pull through.

I feel pretty bad that these nymphs are likely hybrids. It was never my intention to breed, but I don't really want to euthanize the mothers, especially since I can't tell which of my females are pregnant or not. I have sixteen females all together, four of which are subadults and I was just keeping my females by themselves. If I don't start a colony, I would really like to rehome the twelve adult females (the four subadults are being kept separate). Since they are a mix of wide-horn and likely hybrids, I realize that I might have to let them be feeders. I don't really want this, but want to be responsible. Again, any input would be welcome and appreciated either on the topic of rehoming or setting up a colony. Please also see my add listing for the females if interested.

Yes, I have seen/felt this first hand. It is very interesting. I believe they only do it for a short time. From what I've read she's turning her egg case to shift them into position for giving birth (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Sorry if you already know that. I hope you catch your hisser doing this!

After doing some additional research, and looking at every single roach in my tank, I've come to the following possible conclusions: 1. There was no male present, so the females probably came to me pregnant and have been holding their eggs until conditions were right. 2. I probably have more than one pregnant hissing roach. I'm a bit worried that I'm going to have too many of them and would still really like some pointers on what I should do. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi all, I just discovered that one of my hissers is expecting. I usually keep my males and females separate, but I must have missexed one of my females and now I have nymphs on the way. My questions are: How many gallons do I need for the tank? Do I need something other than a reptile tank with a screen lid. What else do I need to know? I'm feeling very nervous as I wasn't quite ready to start a colony, but I think I can do this! Any advice is welcome. Thank you, Crazy Bug Lady.

I really only use jelly cups as a source of extra moisture. Otherwise, I provide fruits and veg along with fish food that they really seem to like. They don't seem to eat much, but I'll find hidden fish food from time-to-time.

I call my flat horned hisser the Tank Lord because he is very bossy and has the tank to himself. He is a very spoiled roach. Other names I've had were a pair of males called Creepy and Crawly xd

I second the above opinion. I have a small colony of about 22 and they really don't make a lot of noise. They make more noise when you pet them or pick them up, but it's still not that loud. I hope you enjoy your new pets!

You could split the colonies by gender like I do, though be aware that the larger males will fight and can actually injure each other so you may need to further separate out some males. Otherwise, I would follow @hisserdude's advice.