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Tips on keeping humidity in between 70 and 80?
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<blockquote data-quote="DewDrop" data-source="post: 59106" data-attributes="member: 4217"><p>I know that the "lab" raised feeders are nutrient rich. I do realize the difference between feeders and wild and do not introduce wild feeders. However, living in a populated area, feeder roaches if they escape and make nests becoming a problem, a bill will follow for pest control. I have an aversion and a slight not medically significant allergen to ****roach dander. Crickets are nasty and will completely up and destroy a habitat with their soiling of the cage and shedding if left in too long. However there are stories in some folk lore about crickets being this great little bug that is a wealth in itself with such a nice little song that tells temp. It is more common that people are reactive to ****roaches but they can be reactive to crickets as well. A roach gone wild can carry disease a cricket gone wild isn't likely to infect a person. The crickets are not likely to survive long enough to populate if they escape while ****roaches might. Just kind of keeping my eye on the bigger picture one involving possible infestation that could lead to public health issues so ****roaches are out, while tropical crickets are going to perish if they escape. While the feeder ****roaches are likely tropical as well and would most likely perish if they escaped, a ****roach can literally carry disease that can make people sick if they are wild. See my point. It is easier to feed crickets and spend a little extra on non invasive butterfly caterpillars that are not monarch and use mealworms occasionally than risk ****roaches when neighbors are as close as mine are. I wouldn't want to live next to someone who had a colony of roaches to feed. I could tolerate crickets and mealworms. There is more to fathom about a single ****roach than I can fathom and in order to rule out any unknowns about the silly ****roach I do not know, I am not bringing them into my environment. Thanks for the question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DewDrop, post: 59106, member: 4217"] I know that the "lab" raised feeders are nutrient rich. I do realize the difference between feeders and wild and do not introduce wild feeders. However, living in a populated area, feeder roaches if they escape and make nests becoming a problem, a bill will follow for pest control. I have an aversion and a slight not medically significant allergen to ****roach dander. Crickets are nasty and will completely up and destroy a habitat with their soiling of the cage and shedding if left in too long. However there are stories in some folk lore about crickets being this great little bug that is a wealth in itself with such a nice little song that tells temp. It is more common that people are reactive to ****roaches but they can be reactive to crickets as well. A roach gone wild can carry disease a cricket gone wild isn't likely to infect a person. The crickets are not likely to survive long enough to populate if they escape while ****roaches might. Just kind of keeping my eye on the bigger picture one involving possible infestation that could lead to public health issues so ****roaches are out, while tropical crickets are going to perish if they escape. While the feeder ****roaches are likely tropical as well and would most likely perish if they escaped, a ****roach can literally carry disease that can make people sick if they are wild. See my point. It is easier to feed crickets and spend a little extra on non invasive butterfly caterpillars that are not monarch and use mealworms occasionally than risk ****roaches when neighbors are as close as mine are. I wouldn't want to live next to someone who had a colony of roaches to feed. I could tolerate crickets and mealworms. There is more to fathom about a single ****roach than I can fathom and in order to rule out any unknowns about the silly ****roach I do not know, I am not bringing them into my environment. Thanks for the question. [/QUOTE]
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