Ralph Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 One of my female hissers is leaving individual eggs around the tank. There are eight roaches in a maybe 18"X6"X6" plastic container, with egg cartons, soil, moss, and wood. She appears healthy in every other way, and has been adult for around 6-8 months. I took the eggs out and put them in a medium of moist soil, near some heat. Can anyone tell me what's wrong here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugmanPrice Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 One of my female hissers is leaving individual eggs around the tank. There are eight roaches in a maybe 18"X6"X6" plastic container, with egg cartons, soil, moss, and wood. She appears healthy in every other way, and has been adult for around 6-8 months. I took the eggs out and put them in a medium of moist soil, near some heat. Can anyone tell me what's wrong here? Usually if they abort an ootheca it's the whole thing not individual eggs...? It can happen for a number of reasons but disturbance is the main one. The eggs will not live outside the females body however. I'd wait a couple of months until she should produce again and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 So I should just leave her alone more? A few other females are gravid too, wouldn't want this happening to them! I'll just toss the eggs, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 So I should just leave her alone more? A few other females are gravid too, wouldn't want this happening to them! I'll just toss the eggs, then. Leave her alone. Throw away any eggs/egg masses that are outside the roach- they will not live or are alerady dead. The roaches probably need to be in a larger container than that. Normally hissers only drop eggs/ootheca if there is something wrong with thier care. Too wet, or too dry for to long, not fed in a long while (more than a week regularly), temps too cold/hot, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 She's aborting them late in development. For whatever reason (such as what Matt has pointed out) she's getting rid of them. The reason they're separated is because they're later in their development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Ok, she's only aborted 5 eggs so far. I keep them misted often, about 80 degrees, and feed them once a day or every other day. Should I move them to a bigger container now, or wait to see if she doesn't abort the other eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 If she's dropping single eggs versus an ootheca she's having trouble properly forming the eggcase. It's likely a physical or genetic defect and she may or may not be able to reproduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Seeing as there are only 5 of them, I think Orin's case is what's happening. If there's a whole ootheca (like 20 or so) of them being dropped, it's the late-development abortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Orin is the expert in roach matters, so I second what he posted- totally makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Cockroach infertility, who'da thunk it? I'll get the a bigger cage soon anyway to make the other females more comfortable. Thanks for the quick responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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