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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adraps11" data-source="post: 66350" data-attributes="member: 4220"><p>Is it very difficult with a burrowing species, to keep the cage mite and fungus free? I had a rosehair about 8 years before I bought the Hentzi, and it didn't burrow, so recovering the leftovers was easy. My Hentzi does have certain spots where she will drop off leftovers most of the time. They are pretty clean creatures, and I can imagine they wouldn't like dead bugs clogging up their homes. When she does start to feed, I'll power feed for a week, then drop to one roach per week. I did have a bad experience with crickets last year, 18 of them got loose in my room! They were divided up between the Hentzi, our gigantic Maine Coon Cat, and my Bearded dragon. lol I didn't find out they were loose in my room, until I turned off the lights and went to bed. damn things! They were all over my bed and curtains. I hate them because they are so hard to catch, and easily killed by hands or tongs.</p></blockquote><p></p>