You guys wanna see something gross? (gecko-related, but not geckos)

[Chewbecca]

When Kristi came over yesterday, we were downstairs looking at some of my leos on the rack. I went to check on Ursula and found this in her cage:

At first I thought, "That is the grossest looking poo I've EVER seen!"
But I knew it wasn't a poo.
And I KNEW her cage was just cleaned out two days before, and I haven't fed super worms for a while.
I was grossed out, but I couldn't figure out what it was. I didn't have my tweezers on me to poke it, so I grabbed a twisty tie we had on a shelf.
It was hard, not soft like a poop.

So, I snapped a shot. I showed my husband the picture, and he immediately said, "That's a roach egg sac. I had to feed her an adult female the other day, and I bet as soon as she ate it, it popped that out."

EW.

Apparently, all of our nymphs have grown into adults faster than we can feed them as sub-adults.
We have more breeders than feeders right now, or we have tiny nymphs.
We're missing that sub-adult stage.
SO...he fed adults the other night.

That is a dubia roach egg sac.

ALL THOSE WASTED NYMPHS.


I had nightmares about this picture last night.

 

[malt_geckos]

are you sure because dubia don't lay eggs. Atleast I don't think they do.

 

[Chewbecca]

are you sure because dubia don't lay eggs. Atleast I don't think they do.

They lay egg sacs, but the females suck them back in and then give live birth.
If a female is carrying around an egg sac in her, and is about to lay it, she can drop it and abandon it if she's stressed.

I think she popped this out as Ursula ate her from the front.

 

[Chewbecca]

Oh!
And if that's NOT a dropped dubia egg sac, then I need to find out what the heck it is!!!

Maybe an alien visited her the other night and dropped an alien love sac into her enclosure?:main_laugh:

EW, though, seriously, I'll have to figure out what it is if it's not a dubia egg sac.

 

[van_veen456]

its defenitly an egg sac from a roach, not sure of the species though.

 

[Chewbecca]

its defenitly an egg sac from a roach, not sure of the species though.

Well, it's got to be dubia roaches.
We only feed dubias.:main_yes:

 

[Kristi23]

Yuck! I haven't shown it to Jesse yet, but I was pretty sure that was what it was. So gross!

 

[paulnj]

Nothing yucky about that Pretty cool if you ask me.

 

[fallen_angel]

Yeah, well.. noone asked you Paul!

it's yucky but intriguing at the same time

 

[Chewbecca]

It IS yucky and intriguing at the same time!

But I could have done without seeing it.

:main_laugh:

 

[malt_geckos]

interesting, i've never seen the egg sack before.

 

[DarthGekko]

Looks like something found on LV-426.........

 

[Chewbecca]

Looks like something found on LV-426.........

Nate, you are so awesome.
:main_laugh:

 

[robin]

when i used to breed roaches, every once in a while i would see one of those kinda hanging out their butt. but it doesn't normally detach til the baby roaches are ready to birth (from what i have read). its like the babies emerge as it sloths off. gross things too D:

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

it's yucky but intriguing at the same time

It IS yucky and intriguing at the same time!

You ladies are intrigued by some off-the-wall things. :main_rolleyes: :main_laugh:

 

[Syris71]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.............

The title pulled me...lol

 

[Kristi23]

Jesse said it's definitely a dubia egg sack.

 

[prettyprincess3690]

Ewww! Well...I guess it's not that terrible once you realize what it is, but I'm pretty sure I'd freak out if I randomly found it one day.

 

[ElapidSVT]

it's a really kewl survival mechanism. mommy gets eaten but if her eggs are developed enough... 30 new babies are released into the world.

 

[Chewbecca]

it's a really kewl survival mechanism. mommy gets eaten but if her eggs are developed enough... 30 new babies are released into the world.

Uh...I'm pretty sure that dubia have to give live birth.

oh man. Don't tell me this!
I don't need 8239493 roach babies all hanging out in ursula's enclosure!