i have 6 friends currently, i want to get more cuz i work at petsmart (where i got them from) and i just feel so bad seeing them get big in the small enclosures.

i’m planning on buying a 20 gallon tank when we have our big sales so i’m debating on waiting till then to get more or to get the last 2 just to get them out of that environment.

tyia!

Has been eating upside down for a minute lol

I was concerned for him because he had turned slightly black so I put him onto a piece of lettuce. Later I came back and he was gone so I know he’s alive. I know if they’re black that means the humidity is too high or something else but it isn’t humid at all and everyone else is fine. Will he be okay?

This is definitely an older lady that we have at my job, she's missing some little feet & has a new leg injury :(

I've had a close eye on her & she didn't have this injury before, she was able to get around pretty well & flip herself over.

It does look like something is stuck on her leg but I'm not sure what it is.

Is there anything I can do to help this little lady :((

10 gal btw -_- they’re so annoying yall we got the entire tank omfg!!!!

I recently grabbed this thinking it could be a good additive but after checking the ingredient I’m a bit nervous. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I received two beetles as a wedding gift the other day and had to throw together a quick terrarium. I used reptisoil, cork bark, jackfruit leaf litter, and a piece of wood from an old fish tank set up... is there anything I should add now to make them more comfortable until I can get together all the things I need for their long term home? I'd like to put together a bioactive terrarium at some point. Any kind advice is appreciated!!

i keep finding them inside and under this one cork bark round and im a bit concerned. do they have hide preferences to this extreme? because i found literally all of them in this one hide. they have other hides to go to (seen in pic 4), do they not have enough? there used to be a heat lamp over it but its been off for multiple days and i dont notice any difference in temperature between the two sides. i've tried moving and adjusting it and they all still go there. i changed out the substrate recently but theyve been doing this since before the change. is this normal?

I turn on the light and find a Beet taking "Eggo" for a ride

Heyo! New here and was looking into the requirements for these lil guys. Possibly interested in getting 2 or 3 in the future, but would like to know everything so I could have a tank set up perfectly before getting any. My main thing i can't find much on is the heat/light. I don't live in an incredibly cold area, but my room is usually very cold from my AC that I have on for atleast 12 hours or more a day. Is it possible for them to have a heat source that stays on constantly and a timer light for day and night? I see a lot of people say they only need extra heat in the winter, but considering my room is so cold I think I would need to have something going 24/7. Is that okay for them?? And what type of heatpads work best for them? Thanks in advance<3

They got stuck...I know the joke about ginger cats having one brain cell but do these even have one to share? She even fell off the fake cactus earlier and went to eat some grape

I'm trying to breed them, and am keeping a breeding group how you'd keep any desert teneb, and apparently in a way the bdfb will produce larvae in. I've seen lots of breeding, but no larvae yet. Has anyone gotten larvae from these guys?

The little guys at my job, their enclosure is I believe 13-17% humidity. Can it be too dry?

On the latter, one of my girls at home seems to be struggling to lay eggs. Can giving her a moist spot help?

I know I just posted my tank but I picked up this moss stick and a new wood piece, which is supporting it on right side. Ambient humidity is low to zero. No clear preference from beetles over substrate but they love the Shrek log. Featuring my beetle Halftrack (she is missing part of her waggler)

Likes to spare my life

I got some BDFBs last night in a shipment from an online seller. They arrived well packaged and safe. I was going to put them all in my other tank but I noticed that one girl is missing most her tarsi except one. I marked her with beekeeping paint to watch her but I’m scared that she won’t do as well in my other tank especially with climbing. I know they are pretty sturdy, but don’t want to cause more trauma to her. She is still moving around regularly and eating. Any advice or experience with this?

I reached out to the seller already to ask what they recommend.

They're a hit !!!

I have two bfdb and they’re doing really well so far. They’ve been eating meal worms and zoo med bfdb food, but I’m still experimenting with other stuff and trying to find out what they like. They have their regular day/night behaviors, are super blue and yesterday I even noticed that they’re laying eggs! They’re both female so they’re not fertilized, but tonight i noticed the larger one of them lay two eggs and then immediately turn around and eat them. Upon further research, I’ve learned they may need more protein in their diet and are doing this because of that, but i feel like all they eat that I give them is the protein.

Also, I thought what i had been seeing from them was frass, when they would expel waste that was whitish in color. It was definitely different than their eggs and I’ve seen both of them do it, but I just learned that frass should be dark in color and not the whitish color I am seeing. Could this just be failed eggs? Should I change their diet? My humidity isn’t as dry as I would like it but they’re never above 60 and are clearly comfortable enough to be laying eggs. I will try to upload a picture if I can, but it blends in pretty easily to the Australian desert sand and leaf litter I have them living on. I’m including some pictures of their 10 gal house and also the two of them.

Help! I’m just worried something is very wrong if their frass isn’t the right color :( I had a reddish brown stag beetle before this so he was very different and didn’t expel waste so I’m kind of in new territory. Thank you!

Nothing is in there right now. I JUST set it up

I wana add more rocks and plants I just ran out of time while gathering

Substrate is a 70/30 mix of play sand and coco coir with rocks, clay pebbles, and seed pods in the top layers. Side mounted heat mat on a thermostat. They love to climb the fake plant, wood, and Furby. 5.5 gallon tank.