is this normal

[katepalmer]

been a bit worried about sausage not eating his lotcus , anyway today i looked in and a lotcus was led on the floor dead with the middle bit all ate away.... only put him in there last night so i now its fresh but it was hollow inside.... would sausage have done that or something else.... he has a few crickets in there but thats it in his viv.... werid and did not know if a cham could eat just what it wanted of the animal

 

[pssh]

That was probably the crickets. The nasty little things will attack other bugs and crickets even when you put other food in with them.

 

[boj3434]

Id say crickets too prob but if it was crickets you might want to take those out and re gutload them. cricket usually do that when they are really hungry

 

[pssh]

I have to disagree, I've seen crickets attack and consume another cricket even when there was food lying around already. I do thinkyou need to re gutload though!

 

[atsutane]

could the locust have shedded?

and...

sorry to hijack the thread, but along the same lines, i have some false deaths head roaches in a tub that i threw some small-med sized crix into, there are probably only a dozen roaches and half a dozen crix... do i need to be worried about the roaches getting eaten?

 

[pssh]

I had some crickets in my dubia roach bin and some of the males wings were chewed on. I'm not sure if it was the crickets or the other roaches, but it hasn't happened since they died off.

 

[atsutane]

i dont really want them to have wings anyway no need for fluttering roaches


also... does anyone know the diff between false deaths head and dubia? i looked at some pics and im not sure what i have...

 

[pssh]

Don't both sexes have wings? I think they're from centeral America so the requirements would be fairly similar.

 

[AReptile]

I have to disagree, I've seen crickets attack and consume another cricket even when there was food lying around already. I do thinkyou need to re gutload though!

I've noticed that when a cricket dies the others actually eat it or parts of it, even if there is fresh gutload sitting right next to them. Makes no sense to me at all

 

[pssh]

I guess family just tastes better.

 

[atsutane]

the false deaths head both have wings just like the dubias... the males have long wings that cover the entire abdomen, and the females have short stubs... i think thats right if i didnt get them confused

thats why im confused on what they are, the only diff i could find is that one had two distinct spots right behind the head and the other only had one... and my roaches look like they have two that have melded together

 

[pssh]

Wait, what is the scientific name? You're confusing me...

 

[atsutane]

Blaberus discoidalis

http://www.wormman.com/pd_false.cfm



dubia

http://www.nyworms.com/dubiacare.htm

 

[pssh]

Dubia males have wings, and dubia females have wing stubs. Discoid males and females both have wings.

 

[atsutane]

good news, then i have dubias

 

[Ange]

lol lol