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Over a year ago I took over the care of 8 Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches which had been sharing an overcrowded tank with a multitude of death-head cockroaches and slowly starving to death. Some time ago, one of the adult females died, leaving me with five males and only two females. I was hoping they would reproduce but, either due to the unbalances sex ratio or due to stunting from the poor conditions they were previously in, they never did.
Just two days ago, I commandeered three more roaches, one male and two females, from the teaching lab culture. Don't worry, they won't miss them, they have tons. I brought in another male because these roaches are slightly different from mine, probably another species. This brought my roach population up to ten. Huzzah!
But this morning I came into the lab to find that the population was suddenly OVER 9000!1!!. Well, not quite, but it's at least over 100. Apparently one of the females I picked out was very pregnant, so I now have at least a hundred tiny baby hissing roaches skittering about the terrarium. Socute! I'll have to take pictures to post tomorrow.
Just two days ago, I commandeered three more roaches, one male and two females, from the teaching lab culture. Don't worry, they won't miss them, they have tons. I brought in another male because these roaches are slightly different from mine, probably another species. This brought my roach population up to ten. Huzzah!
But this morning I came into the lab to find that the population was suddenly OVER 9000!1!!. Well, not quite, but it's at least over 100. Apparently one of the females I picked out was very pregnant, so I now have at least a hundred tiny baby hissing roaches skittering about the terrarium. Socute! I'll have to take pictures to post tomorrow.
