likebugs Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Last night I misted my G. portentosa enclosure, I aim for the sides through the screen on the top. Only, I didn't realize that the mature male was hanging out on the screen and got sprayed and pretty wet. He looked like he was drinking and enjoying the water, but new as I am, I bothered him to see if he was O.K. When he hissed, it sounded all wet and bubbley. He sounds normal today but I am a little freaked out that I may have harmed him or blocked his breathing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Last night I misted my G. portentosa enclosure, I aim for the sides through the screen on the top. Only, I didn't realize that the mature male was hanging out on the screen and got sprayed and pretty wet. He looked like he was drinking and enjoying the water, but new as I am, I bothered him to see if he was O.K. When he hissed, it sounded all wet and bubbley. He sounds normal today but I am a little freaked out that I may have harmed him or blocked his breathing. Although the bubbly noise was from air passing through the water over the sphericals, it's not really a problem. Misting or soaking a roach wont kill it, it takes them a while to drown. I mist my cages and often directly onto roaches every week. I've never had an issue. Standing water in dishes are the only way I've ever seen my roaches drown. I exclusively use water gel now so I've not had a single roach drown in over a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likebugs Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Will fruits and veggies along with daily misting be enough for their moisture? I only have the two males of that species and I found the younger one nicely molted this morning. I do the same thing for my Blaberus discoidalis and haven't run into any bad molts, yet. I have only been keeping the discoids for a few weeks so I am not sure about anything yet. I have the time for daily misting and wet food feeding or checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Will fruits and veggies along with daily misting be enough for their moisture? I only have the two males of that species and I found the younger one nicely molted this morning. I do the same thing for my Blaberus discoidalis and haven't run into any bad molts, yet. I have only been keeping the discoids for a few weeks so I am not sure about anything yet. I have the time for daily misting and wet food feeding or checking. I only mist 1-2 times a week and soak the substrate when it's bone dry. Otherwise it'd be a bit much in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibiscusmile Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Some people don't even do that, they just put in fruit, I never have misted mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisserman Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 You'll be fine. A few females and you're good to go. (I know, NEVER gonna happen -- it's a matter of time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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