Something wrong with one of the female Dubia

[gothra]

She is dragging a huge yellowish water pouch at the back; its not the egg sag, I've seen they extrude the egg sag before. I don't have that big of a colony, so I want to keep her if she can be saved. Anyone seen something like this before?

 

[sleepyjones]

Sorry, can't help ... but I'll bump it back to the top of the forum

 

[gothra]

Nevermind, I killed her. I waited a few days and the liquid sag didn't retract, so I tried to pull it out and she died.

 

[Beneath]

Nevermind, I killed her. I waited a few days and the liquid sag didn't retract, so I tried to pull it out and she died.

....ok...lol

 

[keepzrollin]

Nevermind, I killed her. I waited a few days and the liquid sag didn't retract, so I tried to pull it out and she died.

 

[fOOlsgOld]

Dubia don't drop egg sacs, they give live birth. I've seen a few of my females with that. Don't pull on it as I THINK (not that up on cockroach anatomy) it has something to do with them giving birth (live young). If you see another female like this just leave her and she should be fine.

 

[gothra]

No, its definately not egg sac; its a huge yellowish water pouch that remained there for days. Here is a pic:

 

[LizMarie]

Ew now I'm scared to look into my roach tank.. if I were to see that I would totally freak out!

 

[Spots]

ew, that's so gross. lol I hate bugs.

Just a question though, what do you feed them to? (a little new to this gecko stuff) I just don't think my leopard gecko could ever eat soemthing like that. I give her crickets and worms (once in a while). Am I supposed to give her those too? Yuck.

 

[leoman777]

you can feed the nymphs to babies, juvies and bigger stuff to adults and ou dont have to feed them to your geckos its a personal choice.

 

[gothra]

Yea, I feed the nymphs to my geckos; I don't usually feed off the adults, unless I'm out of nymphs. Its not necessary to feed roaches to geckos, but its a good choice of feeder.