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Wow, my females must be ready to burst, I just weighed her last night and she is 66.7 grams, seems a little large

I still can't tell if they are pregnant or gravid, or whatever word i'm searching for. Its as if they all have two white bumps right above there lower legs, now is that where I should be seeing the eggs develop? Now the female thats 66.7 grams has two large white spots, i'll take that as being eggs...now I have 4 others that (excluding my fat one) that seems to have the same developments right above the lower legs. How long does it take for them to pop them out, its seems like FOREVER!

Another question, I have a Zip Loc container in there probably 10"X6"X4" and I have vermiculite in there (moistened) and I added a little red sand with it(the kind at pet shops you use as the bottom, with calsium and stuff...), now I was wondering if this was ok as a "lay" box...I cut out a hole big enough for them to get in, and have no holes at the top so it stays humid in there (should I poke a couple in the top?), because the first time I wasn't ready, and my female laid right on the damn sand and the eggs are hard and seems like they aren't gonna make it, trust me...this pisses me off, but I wasn't aware she was even gonna lay. And also, I have heat pads under the cages, so I put the lay box somewhat on top of them so it keeps warm in the lay box. How does that sound? Boy I can't wait to get my rack systems from boaphile...they deserve the nice stuff if you know what I mean!

Now after they lay eggs, should I keep it warm in the cage? What do you guys do with yours? I have read everything I could find, trust me! Do you breed them again back with the males?

Another issue with me is that my Levis aren't wanting to breed it seems...they don't seem interested in each other...its weird! They seem to ignore one another. But thats not really a worry to me.

Thanks,
Ken

Hey Ken,

You'll know when they are ready because they always shed before laying eggs. I let them lay in a box with moist sand and then move the eggs onto perlite into the incubator. The male can go back in a few days later. If the females starts to get thin then you should hold off. How are the roaches doing. I finally got my site started. My amyae are also laying. Good Luck,
James
www.blaberus.com

Finally you got your site up! Thats awesome that yours are laying too! I really want my banded one to lay though, like the one you have, I think thats genetic then right? I have had 2 shed...now should I just take them out of the cages and lay them in a box with vermiculite in it? They love going inside the lay box and just hanging out in there...weird or what?

Now with this perlite, I have that Hovabator and i'm keeping it at 82.9 - 83.7 degrees with a humidity at 80% - 87% does that sound ok? Now they are in deli cups, with about an inch of perlite in each with the lids off, what exactly do you think I should do? I just ordered the Hovabator with a Fan in it, and the clear top dealy...

So you gonna sell any of your babies? Oh, and my roaches are doing excellent. I probably have 500 with like 50 AdultsI have been keeping it around 95 - 105 degrees, I have been really feeding them like 2-3 times a week pinkies and 2 times a week the dusted Dubias. Now my banded one just doesn't wanna eat pinkies, she loves the roaches, its fun to watch them chase them, heh...my 3 males are the same way as her, they just eat the roaches

I'm gonna get my cages from boaphileplastics.com in Febuary and I can't wait! I got 3 of the 6 Tub Sweater things...they even customized it for me to. I have one of them thats 6 Blanket tubs, one 3 Blanket tubs with 6 Sweater Tubs, and then one with 12 Sweaters tubs (for the babies). What do you think?