Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Molting!

[Xoetix]

I used to keep hissing roaches, and one evening caught one molting - I thought it was pretty cool!

Yeah, I know I recently posted about burning my house down because I saw a roach - but hissing roaches are WAY different than the icky ones. I used to keep these as pets. I ended up selling the whole colony because the dang things bred faster than I could feed them off, no matter how cool I kept them, and it became a hassle. They were so fun though, and I'd made their tank bioactive (which, now that I think about it, might have been part of the problem...).

Anyway, here's a video of one of the big girls molting. It's pretty neat!

 

[Xoetix]

Here's one in hand to give an idea of their size. They're absolutely massive.

 

[April]

Omg I love these guys! We had 3 as pets in my 4th grade class and I was one of the only ones who liked them and wanted to take care of them.

 

[Xoetix]

Omg I love these guys! We had 3 as pets in my 4th grade class and I was one of the only ones who liked them and wanted to take care of them.

They're such fun creatures! I had a blast with them. And they're wildly easy to take care of!

 

[riddick07]

I have 4 different colonies of various hisser species The rarer one is being a pain about breeding which I did read they a little more picky about life than the others. I bumped their temps higher & hoping to see babies soon I also have I don’t know 5 or 6 colonies of other roaches. The Extinct Roach is a favorite even if they are so freaking quick. Titan my macaw pulled the lid off that one while I was sleeping & I almost had a heart attack when I saw him sitting on the edge looking in Lucky they tend to hid more than explore. If he had pulled one of the hissers open they would have been everywhere haha