so i got three hissing roaches from my mum as a holiday gift, and i've been caring for them for a good three weeks now, but i can't be sure where they came from.. . cause they were a gift.

they're all female, and two of them are doing really well.

however, the one has gone and lost half of her antenna (on each), which at first didn't bother me, cause i've heard that's fairly common. but then yesterday i was looking at her closer and realized that she's missing the last tarsal segment on two of the legs on her right side.

what's more, while the other two are social and tend to stay on the heated side of their enclosure, she's on the top layer, away from the heat, and away from the other two.

i've been feeding them letice, dog food, and various other veggie scraps, is it something, or lack of something, in the diet? but it's not effecting the other two.. .?? she's also not as active, though she is eating.

i can't seem to find any information on this kind of problem, maybe i'm not looking in the right place, or maybe this isn't a real problem. . .? either way, any help on the matter would be appriciated!!!

EDIT: apparantly this is a real problem! not going by any new info i've descovered, but more that i left the house, and upon returning home just now, i found that she moved from her place. i was innitially excited, thinking she had become social, or just acive in general, but i found her on her back on the bottom layer!! she's not dead yet, but i fear she will be dying soon. i inspected her and found that she's now missing the last tarsal segment on her back left leg as well.. .

i still don't know if she's sick or old or what, but i've isolated her just in case, and will try feeding her all kinds of healthy things with positive thoughts. . . ug.

Tags: Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Hisser

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