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White Strips Tiger HisserOne of my Nymphs have white stripes instead of the usual orange. Anything wrong? It had orange like the rest just days ago.
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What
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Freshly molted?
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a1_collection
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No
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a1_collection
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I just found out that these change color as juvies depending on what they eat and stay that way as adults. I only feed it wheat bread and bananas.
What am I doing wrong?
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Celeste
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Is that one of the ones you got from me? There are some with slight color variations -- consider yourself lucky if you got an unusual one.
P.S. feed them fish food flakes.
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a1_collection
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Ya I got all my bugs at the fair from SCABIES. I don't have any fish food at the moment so i'll go with dog food tomorrow.
PS: My big female one is getting a bit sluggish. Don't know what's wrong. Will do more research.
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Celeste
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| a1_collection wrote: | | PS: My big female one is getting a bit sluggish. Don't know what's wrong. Will do more research. |
That's not usually a good sign. She *might* just be old (as I recall she was pretty large). Check her over (under magnification) for any sign of parasites (tiny white mites), and isolate her immediately if you see anything like that. Other than that, they are pretty sensitive to pesticides and cleaning solutions, so if *anything* like that has been used in their area she might be affected by it... :-( (Do you have a dog or cat that has been treated with Frontline or Advantage? If you pet the dog and then touch the roach, that would do it). Maybe Francisco could offer more advice.
I hope she is O.K., but if anything happens to her let me know and I'll give you a replacement.
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a1_collection
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No chemicals have been used at all. My dog is isolated outside the house. Se is a full 3in so i don't know. When I pick her up she moves around normally but she isn't that active inside the habitat.
A replacement isn't necessary.
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a1_collection
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I looked at the young ones and found this guy. Only one and no others were found.
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Celeste
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I can't tell (I've never seen one magnified like that) -- does it look white to the naked eye? If not, it might be some other kind of mite, and not all of them are harmful. (Besides, she would have to be covered with them for them to slow her down).
What temperature are you keeping the roaches at? Could she be cold?
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a1_collection
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I had a hypothesis that she was cold too. I keep her at room temp which at the time this was posted was at 70*F. The day it is around 75-90*F. There isn't much activity in the day as these are more active at night so i can't really test it unless i warm her up at night.
The mite was found on a nymph not the adult. It can be seen with the naked eye smaller then an ant but clearly visible. There was only one. I had it magnified under a microscope because my camera cannot take macros that crazy.
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Celeste
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Well, try putting a little heating pad under part of their enclosure or put an infrared bulb over their cage. I keep my Tiger Hissers at room temperature, with a heating pad under part of the cage. But "room temperature" in my house is 78F! :->
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a1_collection
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It is quite easy to heat up the habitat as it is an old butter bucket right now. Don't worry they have enough room. 
I'll just put it over my router for my internet as it is always producing heat.
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cacoseraph
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hissers can have helper mites on them that are either neutral or beneficial. they can also be victims of grain mites and other bad mites, but it seems the bad stuff mostly doesn't move around that much and is fairly slow when it does. that dude looks like it could probably move around pretty quickly?
nice picture of a little bug 
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a1_collection
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That little critter moves at around at the speed of an ant. Always have a microscope handy.
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a1_collection
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Ok I have cleaned out its habitat just to be on the safe side. I thew away the old substrate and put in my own concoction of coconut mulch and moss. I also put in some stones that was meant for a fish aquarium. I have put in a "moisture pad" for them.
When they are in a warmer place they sure are more active and aggressive. When I try to move some things to observe them they all hiss at me at once. So I think that's a sign of health.
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cacoseraph
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i would guess that was a commensal/beneficial mite that helps the roach to stay clean. i don't think the roaches require them but they are generally considered a good thing
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a1_collection
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Oh well There was only one and I have it preserved an a vial now.
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