Is this a gravid hisser?

Chaika · Subject: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/13/2009, 1:54 pm

I got this girl to keep me entertained and to distract me from my freshly setup dubia colony Laughing

and I really need to know whether she's likely top give birth anytime soon. If she's expecting then I'll have to keep her separately in a 'small hisser' escape-proof container... For some reason the problem of babies didn't occur to me at the time Rolling Eyes

. How big are these guys when they're born?

For some weird reason I can't seem to get my images to show in the post so I've put a link to the photo on my Facebook page:
Hisser photo (clickerty)

scorpion111 · Subject: Re: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/14/2009, 5:29 am

looks like it yeah.

hisser babies are about a cm long or just under when born.

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**Mr. Mordax** · Subject: Re: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/14/2009, 7:26 am

^Agreed.

The only way to make a container "small hisser escape-proof" is to use a container without seams in the joints (like the silicone in an aquarium -- Kritter Keepers work great) and smear a layer of vaseline over the top 5 cm or so of the tank.

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/14/2009, 7:32 am

^^ that's exactly what I do, works like a treat.

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Chaika · Subject: Re: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/14/2009, 9:35 am

Cool! Thanks guys Smile

. I wasn't really planning on getting a gravid one but she was the biggest and healthiest looking so I picked her... Better be off to buy some vaseline then seeing as I have no idea when she'll pop! We're about to move house and I don't think our landlord would appreciate little cockroaches everywhere...

scorpion111 · Subject: Re: Is this a gravid hisser? 6/14/2009, 10:38 am

I've had a few escape, haven't seen them since lol.

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