Madagascar Hiss. Roaches

iannelson64 · Nov 10, 2009

I have a great breeding pair of veileds that i spoil like crazy.

My female has laid 3 clutches total and shes about 2 years old. My male is 20 months old. Ill post a pic of them soon.

I just bought them 4 madagascar hissing roaches the other day and they are enormous. I m a little hesitant to feed them to my veileds due to the sharp claws on the roaches.

Has anyone else feed their chams these (Large Mads.)?

Are they safe to eat?

-Ian

Ryan Jarosek · Nov 10, 2009

Veileds said:
I have a great breeding pair of veileds that i spoil like crazy.

My female has laid 3 clutches total and shes about 2 years old. My male is 20 months old. Ill post a pic of them soon.

I just bought them 4 madagascar hissing roaches the other day and they are enormous. I m a little hesitant to feed them to my veileds due to the sharp claws on the roaches.

Has anyone else feed their chams these (Large Mads.)?

Are they safe to eat?

-Ian

If it is the size of the space between her eyes she can eat it. An adult hisser is too big.

SSimsswiSS · Nov 10, 2009

I have a video, I'll download tonight of Veil meets giant hisser.

naich · Nov 10, 2009

if the claws are an issue just tug em off

sandrachameleon · Nov 10, 2009

I use hissers for my panthers. "Adult" hissers can range in size, so whether or not the ones you have are too big is hard to say.
Hissers can grow up to about 6.5 cm (2.5 inches) long. If yours are that big, they are indeed too big.
If the hissers seem to big, they probably are. Keep the hissers to make babies and use the nymphs as feeders instead

iannelson64 · Nov 10, 2009

Mad hissers

Thanks for all the quick replys guys.

This is a great forum.

Well I gave her one and she loved it!!!!

She tore into it like nothing Ive ever seen!!

Ill attach a pic for you guys.

Thanks,
Ian

iannelson64 · Nov 10, 2009

Can't wait to see it!

sandrachameleon · Nov 10, 2009

Looks like it was a little on the large size for her

SSimsswiSS · Nov 10, 2009

Here's a male veil trying to eat a hisser way to big for him to handle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30JJOAuWUrg

iannelson64 · Nov 10, 2009

maybe a bit, but i made sure she ate it with no snags or problems

SSimsswiSS · Nov 10, 2009

... and a Parsonii male with same result. Morel of the story is, breed your two pair of hissers ( I mean your trio ) I would wait for your female(s) to have babies, and feed off the smaller and medium sized Hissers. My Parson's love the medium sized roaches. From your picture I'd say you got mediums to big.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xc2bmwi1P0

Nosybe · Nov 11, 2009

SSimsswiSS said:
... and a Parsonii male with same result. Morel of the story is, breed your two pair of hissers ( I mean your trio ) I would wait for your female(s) to have babies, and feed off the smaller and medium sized Hissers. My Parson's love the medium sized roaches. From your picture I'd say you got mediums to big.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xc2bmwi1P0

The hissing sound is hilarious!

pssh · Nov 11, 2009

They look scary!

NC Chams · Nov 12, 2009

Let the hissers breed and feed appropriate sized nymphs. Also they are really soft right after they molt, but once they harden up their exoskeleton is pretty hard compared to the typical feeder roaches.

sandrachameleon · Nov 12, 2009

pssh said:
They look scary!

But they are actually quite nice. Fairly slow. Interesting social behaviour.

I've had Bob the hisser for several years. He knows the sound of my voice and crawls out when called for a special food treat.

SSimsswiSS · Nov 12, 2009

sandrachameleon said:
But they are actually quite nice. Fairly slow. Interesting social behaviour.

I've had Bob the hisser for several years. He knows the sound of my voice and crawls out when called for a special food treat.

Great story, Bob sounds like a fun bug to have around.

Nosybe · Nov 15, 2009

sandrachameleon said:
But they are actually quite nice. Fairly slow. Interesting social behaviour.

I've had Bob the hisser for several years. He knows the sound of my voice and crawls out when called for a special food treat.

Are you serious? I've had a turtle that did that, but I would never guess a cockroach possessed that kind of intellect!

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