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Anyone keep C*ckroaches?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oursapoil" data-source="post: 185438" data-attributes="member: 33266"><p>Dubia roaches. They grow through a wide range of sizes from hatching to adults, making perfect for people with many spiders of various sizes and in our case they are also perfect for our assassin bugs, scorpions, scolopendras and bearded dragon. They are not able to climb clean plastic or glass, making them very easy to raise and handle at feeding time. They have very little humidity need, eat a very large variety of food and have a very decent life span. Male and female are different in shape and colors, making them easy to select when feeding your Ts. Best of all they are extremely nutritious and I have never witness a single T being harmed by one.</p><p>They are not the fastest to reproduce and in growth but if you start with a higher enough number, they will provide food for a lot of Ts as they will reproduce over time. I also find them a lot less smelly compared to other roaches colonies I had. Last but not least, they are also quite tolerant if they are exposed to cold temperatures as long as it is not more than a few days but would not survive a winter if they were to escape. These are Argentinian wood ****roaches and won’t infest your house if a couple escape (they are also fairly slow).</p><p>The one thing I would say is a bit disappointing is that they are expert at sensing danger and playing possum. Often I drop one in front of a T and she jumps on it right away but before she could decide where to bite, it will flatten himself and stop moving and can stay like this until the T leaves empty handed. One way to go around it is to place them on their back as they will start moving their legs to try to flip over. But it is definitely not as captivating as a crickets or red runners feeding.</p><p>You have many different alternatives but in my case they are covering the largest amount of my needs. I hope this helps.</p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oursapoil, post: 185438, member: 33266"] Dubia roaches. They grow through a wide range of sizes from hatching to adults, making perfect for people with many spiders of various sizes and in our case they are also perfect for our assassin bugs, scorpions, scolopendras and bearded dragon. They are not able to climb clean plastic or glass, making them very easy to raise and handle at feeding time. They have very little humidity need, eat a very large variety of food and have a very decent life span. Male and female are different in shape and colors, making them easy to select when feeding your Ts. Best of all they are extremely nutritious and I have never witness a single T being harmed by one. They are not the fastest to reproduce and in growth but if you start with a higher enough number, they will provide food for a lot of Ts as they will reproduce over time. I also find them a lot less smelly compared to other roaches colonies I had. Last but not least, they are also quite tolerant if they are exposed to cold temperatures as long as it is not more than a few days but would not survive a winter if they were to escape. These are Argentinian wood ****roaches and won’t infest your house if a couple escape (they are also fairly slow). The one thing I would say is a bit disappointing is that they are expert at sensing danger and playing possum. Often I drop one in front of a T and she jumps on it right away but before she could decide where to bite, it will flatten himself and stop moving and can stay like this until the T leaves empty handed. One way to go around it is to place them on their back as they will start moving their legs to try to flip over. But it is definitely not as captivating as a crickets or red runners feeding. You have many different alternatives but in my case they are covering the largest amount of my needs. I hope this helps. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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