Making Utah a Little More Tropical

So, the cockroaches have seemed extremely sluggish. I haven't heard anything from them since picking them up from Whitney yesterday. Comparing their behavior in the past 20 hours to the first five or six hours I had them on January 20, I am wishing that they would be a little more active. They haven't been moving much, let alone fighting, and I am worried that they are sick or unhappy.

I decided to put them in front of the fire. My room's in the basement, so I figured that maybe they are cold. I put them in front of the fire twice today, and each time, the cockroach not in the egg carton moved to the wall of the tub right next to the fire. I think he wants to be warm. I wasn't sure if the wet cotton balls were giving much more humidity, so I put a wet washcloth over half the tub to hopefully build up some more humidity for Ricky and Sticky.

Maybe I'll put in some leaves or some pictures of Madagscar. They may never have been to their Motherland, but maybe they are yearning for that distant land. The second time I put them in front of the fire, the cockroach in the egg carton turned around (he's been head-down in there) and had his head sticking out. So, maybe he's simply been trying to conserve heat. I'll have to keep putting them in front of the fire and comparing that with their behavior when they are not in direct line of such warmth.