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 Dead baby roaches in water?

Note: I also posted this in the monitor and feeder forums - just trying to cover all my bases.

So this morning I checked on my roaches and in one of my two bins, I have a bunch of seemingly dead baby roaches in the water dish. The dish has a folded up paper towel in in that’s hanging over the edge so they can get in and out. The roaches in question are about the size and color of a cooked grain of rice.

I just fed and watered the roaches last night and the babies weren’t in the water dish, so I’m just curious if anybody has any ideas what’s up or what I can do to prevent this in the future.

Thanks
11/11/07  12:37pm

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Kathy m
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1509622


 Dead baby roaches in water?

apparently they can drown really easily so its not recomended to have a water dish. they get their moisture from vegies and fruit pieces like carrots and apples.
Kath
11/12/07  12:54am

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Asant0917
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1509622


 Dead baby roaches in water?

i agree with kathy but if you insist on giving them moisture through water, use the gel from pet stores.



11/12/07  02:34pm

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Geezle
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   Message To: Asant0917   In reference to Message Id: 1511163


 Dead baby roaches in water?

The water situation has already been changed, so I don’t have to worry about that now, but I’m still kinda curious what happened. I’d never had a dead one in the water of any size and then suddenly overnight I have a whole bunch in there.

I’m thinking perhaps the female gave birth/dropped them in the water and from there they never had a chance?
11/13/07  09:56am

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Asant0917
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1512296


 Dead baby roaches in water?

oh well, dont worry about it. they reproduce like crazy so that wont even be a loss.



11/13/07  12:25pm

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Geezle
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   Message To: Asant0917   In reference to Message Id: 1512394


 Dead baby roaches in water?

I’m not particularly worried about it, I’m more curious is all...these things interest me.

This is my first bug breeding project and it’s going pretty well so far, it took a little while to get things sorted out at the beginning, but things are stable now
11/13/07  11:46pm


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