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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 77963" data-attributes="member: 4199">If you don't keep the poop and shed skin cleaned up with a cleaner crew or you doing it they can smell, but it's no where near as overwhelming as the cricket smell.THey don't die either <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  you have to try hard to kill a roach.  My problem is my colony wasn't large enough to support all of my Ts so i'm having to order adult roaches to feed the big Ts,  i have tons of small nymphs and pinheads.Super easy to care for also.  Lateralis (red racers) and Dubia can't climb smooth surfaces, so just keep them in something like a sterlite storage container with holes for air, a few cardboard egg crates to hide in, food and water sources.  I use ground dog food, fish food, and veggies now and then, and a water gel so i don't have to refill a water dish or have the little guys drown in one.  Plus you can get the Fluker's Orange gel to use if you don't have veggies to give them regularly.  I use that, since my son and i aren't big fruit and veggie eaters.</blockquote>