Domino cockroach

The requested name is Therea petiveriana, but traded domino stock may be T. bernhardti. Keep the record as an unresolved Therea identity until provenance or diagnostic examination resolves it.

The exact traded Therea identity is unconfirmed. The illustration is a generic traded domino representation, not an identification reference.

Expect hidden juveniles and slow colony development rather than frequent visible adults.

Arrange dependable holiday care and keep money available for food, replacement equipment and appropriate veterinary help. Test the habitat before the animal arrives.

Wildform proposes 40 × 30 × 30 cm for a small culture, with nutritious deep leaf-litter substrate, bark and secure fine-gap lid. Do not assume adults cannot climb smooth surfaces.

Measure usable internal space after substrate, guards and furnishings. Check ventilation, cable holes and access against the smallest occupant. Fix heavy furnishings independently of loose substrate.

The keeper describes 24–28°C. Record substrate and air temperatures and provide a cooler refuge; do not heat the whole culture uniformly for faster breeding.

Record the warm and cool locations, overnight minimum and daytime maximum. Air, surface and substrate readings are different measurements. Any added heater needs compatible thermostatic control and safe separation from the animal; assess summer cooling as well as winter heating.

Use a normal daytime cycle and dark shelters. No mandatory UVB target was established.

Keep the night dark and provide retreat from daytime light. Lamp percentage, electrical wattage and a product name cannot establish the exposure reaching an animal. Check the finished installation after changes to mesh, branches or lamp position.

Keep the lower substrate modestly damp and the top relatively dry with good ventilation. A single air-humidity percentage cannot describe that gradient.

Inspect the occupied refuge and substrate as well as the air reading. Adjust water provision and ventilation together, and clean contaminated drinking surfaces. A single humidity number cannot describe every microclimate.

Maintain dead hardwood leaves as the continuing food base, with small suitable supplements. Fruit alone is not a complete colony diet.

Record what is actually eaten and follow changes in growth and body condition. Food size, life stage and the full diet matter. Supplement products require an individual plan; do not combine calcium, vitamin D and multivitamins by guesswork.

Avoid unnecessary digging and keep other Therea species separate. Inspect substrate carefully before removing it.

Make necessary maintenance predictable and allow voluntary retreat. Prepare a secure transfer container before essential moves. Observation should not repeatedly interrupt feeding, rest or moulting.

Investigate poor growth or repeated wing damage through nutrition, density and moisture rather than assuming a harmless cosmetic change.

Keep dated observations of appetite, activity and condition. A sudden decline, injury, abnormal breathing or repeated failed moults needs appropriate professional assessment. This guide does not provide a diagnosis or medicine dose.

Retain the seller’s original name and the unresolved identity note; do not relabel a culture as verified from an illustration.

Ask for a dated source record, scientific identity, life stage and established care history. Keep new arrivals and their equipment separate while an appropriate quarantine plan is agreed. Check current official rules for the exact animal, route and transaction before importing or buying; this page does not establish legal clearance. Never release animals or viable eggs outdoors.

Check the moist refuge, leaf supply and lid. Review hidden juvenile/egg presence and substrate condition before disposal. Keep a dated record of measurements and observations, and revisit the full advice when conditions or life stage change.