What the...???

[Swayne8998]

What is this abomination I found in my roach tank? It looks like something that came out of the Cheronobyl disaster!! It was missing 3 legs and had some type of liquid bubbling out of its side... Is it a failed molt? It was half alive when I found it!!

 

[Swayne8998]

Ignore the crappy first pic. Just click on the thumbnail.

 

[romulan]

Looks to me like it dismembered itself when it was trying to molt. Strange indeed!

I would still feed it nonetheless. My cham loves em cause they're soft with no exoskeleton

 

[Swayne8998]

Looks to me like it dismembered itself when it was trying to molt. Strange indeed!

I would still feed it nonetheless. My cham loves em cause they're soft with no exoskeleton

Oh I wasn't sure if it was safe to feed cause I was wondering if it was mutated or something...LOL. It had a weird liquid bubbling out of it though and it couldn't even walk... But it was alive

 

[Swayne8998]

It is very strange indeed...

 

[LLLReptile]

Looks like a freshly molted roach that its cage mates may have been nibbling on...when they're soft like that, they're fair game for the other roaches in the cage to chow on. Super creepy looking for sure!

-Jen

 

[Miss Lily]

Very cool! I watched one of my roaches moult the other day! Quite fascinating!

 

[Swayne8998]

Are they really cannibals? I mean they have food. Sometimes I find dead roaches that have their insides gutted out

 

[maxttu]

Are they really cannibals? I mean they have food. Sometimes I find dead roaches that have their insides gutted out

That could be a molted exoskeleton.

 

[Swayne8998]

That could be a molted exoskeleton.

Yes but the legs are still in and the shell is brown... sometimes I do find limbs around the cage though.

 

[Swayne8998]

That could be a molted exoskeleton.

But I dunno

 

[maxttu]

Eh, sometimes they just die. Circle. Of. Life.

 

[pssh]

Sometimes the babies will (i think its the babies doing it?) eat the insides of dead roaches. They will eat eachother. Maybe add more protein through ground nuts, spirulina, etc. and see if it helps (if this keeps happening.) The goopy stuff it was leaking is the insides. Chameleons seem to favor freshly molted roaches so they are great snacks! I've even gotten picky eaters to start eating roaches by using freshly molted ones.

 

[Swayne8998]

Sometimes the babies will (i think its the babies doing it?) eat the insides of dead roaches. They will eat eachother. Maybe add more protein through ground nuts, spirulina, etc. and see if it helps (if this keeps happening.) The goopy stuff it was leaking is the insides. Chameleons seem to favor freshly molted roaches so they are great snacks! I've even gotten picky eaters to start eating roaches by using freshly molted ones.

I get them protein by mixing Fluker's Cricket Dust (food) with ground up cat food. I killed this one roach because I didn't know what the heck it was and I thought I needed to put it out of its misery...Lol. Now I know what to do

Speaking of molting, what humidity does it need to be for them to successfully do this?

 

[pssh]

Dont use cat food if you intend to use these roaches as feeders. The animal protein and other things can cause issues (like gout) in chameleons. I wouldnt use them as feeder for a good month after they stop eating cat/dog food personally.

Humidity doesnt need to be too high. Mine is very low and they molt just fine.

 

[AngieL]

What is this abomination I found in my roach tank? It looks like something that came out of the Cheronobyl disaster!! It was missing 3 legs and had some type of liquid bubbling out of its side... Is it a failed molt? It was half alive when I found it!!

They mostly come at night................mostly

Sorry, couldn't resist! That is one creepy looking roach!