aoikirin Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I've had an adult male and female together now for many months and I've yet to see any babies. I changed their substrate today and verified the lack of babies. They get carrots, oranges, dried cat food, water crystals, and powered dubia food. They have a heater. I don't want to breed them to sell or anything, I would just like to have some when my two adults die. What am I doing wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 According to "For The Love Of Cockroaches", this is normal, males will sometimes die off before the females give birth, roughly four to five months after maturing. I'd offer a wider variety of fruits though, just in case, as Orin mentions that makes up like 90% of their diet in captivity, they like fruits way more than veggies, kibble, etc. I have a feeling they'll especially like apples, probably better for them since it's less acidic than citrus fruits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aoikirin Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 Wow so they have a really long gestation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 4 hours ago, aoikirin said: Wow so they have a really long gestation? Yup, pretty long gestation period, but after that first one they give birth more frequently, and to a LOT of nymphs! (About three dozen nymphs per litter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auz Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 oh wow this is good to know. I thought I had read a while back that Simandoas give relatively smaller littlers. but 30+ is a lot! Now I'm nervous about breeding mine once they mature haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Auz said: oh wow this is good to know. I thought I had read a while back that Simandoas give relatively smaller littlers. but 30+ is a lot! Now I'm nervous about breeding mine once they mature haha Well I think they sell pretty well, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem controlling their numbers, you could always keep them unheated for a while to slow down reproduction, or use them as occasional feeders... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinylarvitar97 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yeah i can confirm they really appreciate apples. Also for sure like you said the first clutch took my females forever and now I did notice they've been having more nymphs. They also seem to grow at a nice rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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