Boom shakalaka!!
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justjumpit621
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What do you feed the hissers too?
maxttu
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nothing, yet... I bought some females and males a few months ago and just recently separated them from my dubia colony. Maybe this is why it took a while to produce? Once my numbers are established I hope to feed some off to my verru...
JonRich
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nothing, yet... I bought some females and males a few months ago and just recently separated them from my dubia colony. Maybe this is why it took a while to produce? Once my numbers are established I hope to feed some off to my verru...
You had them mixed in with your Dubias?
I think they give live birth also, like Dubia.
Congrats..
maxttu
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yes, they do give live birth. I did have them mixed in with the dubia for awhile. Probably coincidence, but I just separated them on the 9th and two wks later I have babies!
JonRich
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i wonder if they can cross breed with B.dubia?
maxttu
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Prolly not, but if I ever see anything out of the ordinary, I'll be sure to post!
I went and took another look and there are at least 40 of these nymphs running around! 
waynederby
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That big guy looks like a BEASTTTTTTTTTT
patrickfraser
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I purchased 3 female and 1 male hisser from a pet store a month or 2 ago and I too just chucked them in with my dubias. I believe all 3 females have had babies, as there are many nymphs of various sizes. I am not feeding off any un til there are some more adults producing. The nymphs sure are meaty and grow fast. Some of the babies are the size of an adult dubia! I will leave them together as it seems to be working well, but maybe I will separate the hissers from dubias in the future if it gets crowded.
maxttu
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It might just be best to go ahead and separate them, if you have the room. Who knows the comfort level if they're surrounded by 100's and 1000's of b. dubia...
maxttu
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They cannot interbreed with dubia. If I'm remembering correctly, I believe they can delay giving birth until they find it a suitable time to do so. That would probably be why they gave birth right after being separated.
I had a feeling! That's why I separated them! Thx for the confirmation!
patrickfraser
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I'll probably separate them if they stop having babies. But for now they seem to be "happy" enough and are being fruitful. If it ain't broke.....right?
maxttu
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Well, it's been a couple of hours and no movement from these babies. I guess it was a still birth? I watched this video and these guys come out running. I wonder what went wrong??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOGQINu0lk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOGQINu0lk
lysinlight87
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I woouldn't call them cute... lol but i'm a wimp when it comes to bugs.
Swayne8998
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Oh yes they are quite adorable... :x
But shouldn't you get rid of some of those males?
But shouldn't you get rid of some of those males?
ASublimeDay
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Only on this site do people get excited about roaches multiplying LOL
