Matt K Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Recently, all my nymphs of Panchlora sp.'giant' died almost overnight. Still have many adults, have not done anything different in the slightest in the past many months..... anyone have any thoughts what happened ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachsmith Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 The same thing happened to me. One had a bad moult and then 4 nymphs died. I figured it was probably the humidity. I've been spraying the tank every other day and it seems to be helping. I haven't had any more deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 The same thing happened to me. One had a bad moult and then 4 nymphs died. I figured it was probably the humidity. I've been spraying the tank every other day and it seems to be helping. I haven't had any more deaths. My humidity remains pretty consistant. I have been careful not to let it dry at all for months (one reason to keep live plants) and careful not to overwater for fear of drowning buried nymphs. Gets misted pretty regularly. Good point though. It is easy to get complacent with watering/misting and let something get too dry. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 My humidity remains pretty consistant. I have been careful not to let it dry at all for months (one reason to keep live plants) and careful not to overwater for fear of drowning buried nymphs. Gets misted pretty regularly. Good point though. It is easy to get complacent with watering/misting and let something get too dry. ??? Do you keep all of the substrate in the cage wet (no dry section)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 Do you keep all of the substrate in the cage wet (no dry section)? None wet really, but not dry either (like if you go buy a bag of potting soil and open it up kinda moisture level). Except that the right 25% is fairly dry from having the eggcarton leaning on that side of the enclosure so mist/water poured in does not get to that section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma Cockroach Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I recently had a massive die-off and had to replace my son's colony. I'm pretty sure it was due to being careless buying non-organic greens for them. I'm sure they were just loaded up with pesticides. I felt pretty bad about it once I figured it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 I recently had a massive die-off and had to replace my son's colony. I'm pretty sure it was due to being careless buying non-organic greens for them. I'm sure they were just loaded up with pesticides. I felt pretty bad about it once I figured it out. However, my greens are all organic. I prefer to eat "clean and green" !!! (Though I have broken down for BBQ or sushi). ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricktop Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I use the same lettuce for my roaches that i'd buy from the grocery store for myself.. nothing organic but i do wash them off. At first i feared it might be dangerous but apparently not since i've had relatively successful colonies for the past 4 or 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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