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Salmonsaladsandwich

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  1. Ugh... Why do people here think we need to import salamanders from Asia? The eastern us is the salamander diversity capital of the world, and we have Taricha newts almost identical to fire- bellies in the west... I say ban newts and legalize walking sticks!
  2. I just discovered that they love romaine lettuce. I looked in about 5 minutes after fed them, and I couldn't see the lettuce. And I'm pretty sure the babies outnumber the adults by now, so I've started feeding. Which was really sad. It's not at all like watching wild caught or store bought insects getting fed, or even mealworms that you raised yourself. It's just seeing their maxillopods twitching and antennae waving around innocently just before dropping them in. Then, just before salamander gulps it down, you see its little compound eyes staring back at you, as though to scream "WHY?" as the little dubia disappears forever. Then, the salamander, with its mocking pseudo- smile, looks up at you with its icy black eyes and lumbers away. It's so sad... And I wish I could type in italics.
  3. Suppose you just took everything, log, substrate, and roaches, straight from location of capture? Then you wouldn't have to worry about finding properly decomposed wood 'cause the roaches picked it already. Maybe fungal infections could be combated by keeping it moist, like their habitat, but adding a good drainage system and ventilating with a fan or something.
  4. Gee.. Even if they're inconvenient to breed in captivity, what a fascinating insect. They're just these big, tropical- looking proto termites only they live on cold NA mountains. I saw one once in North Carolina under a rotten log and thought it was some sort of small hisser type thing...
  5. I think I might have figured it out- I was feeding them cat food. I just read about how adult roaches that are no longer growing convert excess protein into uric acid that builds up to lethal levels if they don't use enough of it. That would explain why it was mostly males that died, since they aren't using protein to make babies. And the one female that did die had a small abdomen that suggested she wasn't gravid at the time..
  6. Yeah. The ad for them did claim that they were "young and healthy," but I can't see anyone differentiating between young and old roaches. And last night I opened up the bin and saw lots of tiny babies running around.
  7. I just haven't gotten around to making holes yet. I'll try to soon.. Would a big square hole with window screen hot glued on work?
  8. I'm thinking maybe my enclosure is either too hot or doesn't have enough airflow. The temperature is around 109 degrees right next to the ceramic heat bulb (which is aimed at the side, as the lid is made of thick plastic that doesn't let enough heat in), but the coolest part of the bin is closer to 74 degrees, so they can go cool off if they need to. The lid definetely isn't airtight, but doesn't have much ventilation, so I open the bin up and wave some air in a couple times a day. I'm thinking maybe the most recent death is because I misted for the first time yesterday. What do you guys think?
  9. Ugh... Unfortunately, some of the dubias are starting to die. Fortunately, 2 of the 3 deaths have been males, and another male turned up dead this morning. Is this a normal amount of mortality for a new roach colony?
  10. There's a kind of thin shelled, fast moving millipede common where I live that doesn't have any cyanide smell, and I've fed them to tree frogs and salamanders without problems (just because they are easy to find in really cold weather.) I don't see any reason why they would be more difficult to culture than other millipedes.
  11. Know this is old, but that looks like a fall armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda. You can tell by the black triangle behind the head. It's a pest that eats absolutely anything, including corn and other grains.
  12. Is your profile pic an actual saltine anomaly that was eaten by roaches?
  13. Is the test tube on its side? Does the cotton ball do an adequate job of holding the water in? Just a little confused. My setup does not have substrate and is kind of hot and dry, so I'd be worried about not watering them for several days, and it has poor ventilation so I don't really want to get anything wet.
  14. Im a little bit frustrated- I've had 70 dubia roaches for a couple weeks now (10 percent as a never ending food supply for my three little gray tree frogs who could never make a dent in a mature colony, 90 percent just as pets in their own right) that are just starting to produce babies, but the fruits and veggies I've been giving them tend too dry out really quick. a couple places recommend a shoelace or piece of twine poking out of a water filled container to provide water via capillary action, but i tried this and it just flooded the bin. (fortunately no egg crates got wet.) i tried poking two holes and and looping the shoelace back into the container with one end lower than the other, but that doesn't work either. How can i do this without flooding the cage, so just the string gets wet? I'm not going to resort to water crystal (Blehh!) anytime soon.
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