superworms1000 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 'ello, I have a colony of about 13 adult hissers in a 20L tank (along with a growing number of darkling beetles, their offspring, and a few giant cave nymphs), and for the past few months I have had a problem with some of my males (I think there may be 4 of them) ending up with missing bits of antennea and in the case of my biggest male, a toe or two. I read that this is often a sign of territorial scuffles and chose to let them sort things out for themselves (so long as nothing got worse). However, I currently have two females who are also missing the ends of their antennae- ???? The size of the enclosure allows them more than enough room and I have been offering them food with a higher protein content somewhat in response to this discovery. Anyone ever have this problem/have any idea what's going on (or what I am doing wrong)??? Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darla Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You say you have all of them in the same tank? I would say it would be from the super worms, they are nasty biters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superworms1000 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hmmmm... didn't really consider that, actually. Would the roaches really just let them nibble away at their antennae like that? I mean, one of the males is missing about 2/3rds of his. I plan on setting up a few more invert tanks in the coming weeks so I'll look into separating them- still seems odd to me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Antennae biting is very common for hissers if they're rather overcrowded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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