Longhorn1234 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Do you even bother to offer cork bark to surinam roaches? They seem to be buried all the time, even the adults. Now I wonder if I really need any cork bark or wood for them. I have a nice piece of cork bark in their enclosure and if they don't really use it then I could just use it in another enclosure. How do you keep yours? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenoblatta Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Well... I used to use barks in the enclosures of Pycnoscelus spp. but it happened the same... They barely use them if all in the substrate is going well (no overpopulation) ? Sometimes the barks even appeared completely buried in the substrate (I guess for the high activity of the roaches under it) At this moment I just keep them with a good layer of a light substrate (not less than 20 cm)... no food or water dishes, only substrate, and they are doing really well ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn1234 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Nice! Thank you for that answer. I might just take it out then haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobtom Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Hey longhorn, are you on chamforums as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn1234 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Jimbobtom said: Hey longhorn, are you on chamforums as well? Yes, I have the same username in the chameleon forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobtom Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Thought so. This is james from chamforums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn1234 Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Nice man, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbobtom Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Thanks. Figured I'd find a place to learn more about these critters. What species are you keeping these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlon Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Surinams for months, just a little substrate and dump in whatever food you want. They ate almost everything. But I kept them in a very small enclosure and it went from damp to wet, and I started losing them. Basically keep in semi-damp substrate, not wet, and no more than 50% roaches to substrate should be ok. I moved them when the substrate had turned to mud and I had lost 30%. Moved to a huge container... the gnats invaded. Last check I couldn't find any so I might be looking for more soon. Can't let gnats out... hate those things. Actually I probably still have them in there somewhere... they seemed very resilient. Loved how they ate everything and didn't want to escape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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