Cockroaches as pets and cockroach care sheet
Cockroaches as pets, Feeding
Points to remember when feeding your hissing cockroach:
clean, Fresh, chlorine-free water should be available at all times.
Cockroaches as pets, Diet
A well-balanced hissing cockroach diet consists of:
Romaine lettuce, carrots, apples, and occasional overripe fruits,
Cockroaches as pets, Housing
- Lighting - Cockroaches |will be nocturnal and have no special lighting needs, to view cockroaches at night, use a nocturnal or infrared light.
- Water - Use a shallow water bowl; and place stones in the bowl to prevent roaches from drowning.
- Substrate - Mulch-type commercial material such as coconut fiber bedding, dampened sphagnum moss and reptile bark.
- Temperature between 75 and 85°F; use under-tank heater.
- Habitat-provides hiding places that use non-toxic plants, twigs or bark logs wet Cork; maintain high humidity with daily Misting.
- Adult Home cockroaches together but not to the House with different species of cockroaches together.
- The right area and shape of habitat to accommodate normal behavior as well as exercises, with the CAP securely.
Normal Behavior
- Male cockroaches have large horns behind their heads while females have very small horns.
- Cockroaches are nocturnal (active during the night).
- Handle cockroaches gently; while they don't bite, they do have sharp spines on their legs.
- Juveniles molt several times before reaching adulthood; once grown, they do not molt again.
Habitat Maintenance
Replace the subst.rate every two weeks, change water daily.
Grooming & Hygiene
Always wash your hands before and after touching your cockroaches, and avoid getting the coating into cuts and scratches.
Signs of a Healthy Animal
- Body is rounded and full
- Healthy exoskeleton
- Eats regularly
- Active and alert
Red Flags
- Bumps, sores or abrasions
- Abnormal feces
- Swollen limbs
- Lethargic
- Dull exoskeleton
- Weight loss
- Discharge in mouth or eyes
- If you notice any of these signs, contact your veterinarian.
Shopping list for needed supplies:
- substrate
- plantsbook about hissing cockroach
- appropriately sized habitat
- undertank heater
- moss
- food & water dishes
- hideaway place
- climbing décor