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Which are the top three best 
which are the best feeder roaches when it comes to nutritional value and which are the best when it comes to taking care of the such as breeding...
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08/28/07 07:09pm
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789
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Message To: Lets_Get_It In reference to Message Id: 1423276
Which are the top three best
I’m not sure the nutritional value of each species. A good bit of that will come from what you feed them.
Lobsters are very easy to breed as they reproduce fast but will climb glass.
Lateralis are supposed to breed nearly as fast but do not climb glass. I had problems with them.
Dubia are said to reproduce fairly fast and do not climb glass. No personal experience with these though.
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08/29/07 01:53am
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JackAsp
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Message To: 789 In reference to Message Id: 1423898
Which are the top three best
How a big a roach do you want? What are you feeding? I’m pretty happy with both Death Heads and Six Spotteds. Neither can climb or fly, both are live bearing, they seem to live together no problem, and they’re different enough in appearance in texture to provide some variety. Actually, until they grow up and hit puberty, the Death Heads look and crunch like yet a third species, although they probably all taste similar due to eating the same diet. The Death Heads breed faster but have a higher mortality rate as adults. Once they develop wing trouble the end is near, so that’s when I feed the adults off. Otherwise, unless there’s a population problem, I stick with the larger nymphs and let the adults keep breeding. The Six Spots seem to be indestructable but simply haven’t proven themselves to actually be as prolific.
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09/01/07 01:25pm
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Lets_Get_It
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1428098
Which are the top three best
im feeding a bearded dragon that is about a foot long... i want sumthing thats nutritous and that isnt going to b hard for me to bread....
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09/01/07 05:37pm
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JackAsp
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Message To: Lets_Get_It In reference to Message Id: 1428365
Which are the top three best
I would start with Death Heads. Their only problem is that if it’s dry the adults wings get screwed up. So watch humidity and if you see and injured one, use it as food before it dies. If you don’t have any injured ones, then until the population takes off leave the established adults alone anfd just feed nymphs, which are easy to differentiate by their orangey, banded appearance and complete lack of wings. Nymphs get about two inches long and very beefy before growing wings, so even while you’re avoiding adults you’ve ot a good-sized food item, but a beardie can still eat an adult.
No advice onwhere to buy them though. I got a really good deal at a reptile show from someone who was having a big "Get all these roaches out of my house" sale.
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09/02/07 01:14pm
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Zascary
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1429255
 Which are the top three best
what about madagascar hissing??
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09/06/07 07:39pm
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789
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Message To: Zascary In reference to Message Id: 1434219
Which are the top three best
Death head or false death heads?
I’ve got some hissers, slow growing, slow breeding. People say they end up with too much shell when grown, plus they can be like 3" long. Would have to feed nymphs.
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09/07/07 03:04am
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JackAsp
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Message To: 789 In reference to Message Id: 1434594
Which are the top three best
As far as I’ve been able to research, they’re true Death Heads, although they might be a hybrid of some kind. About three inches long, clearly defined thorax marking, young that get HUGE while still in that armadillo-looking nymph stage, as far as I can tell they seem to be exactly what they were sold as, despite the price tag. Easy to raise and both the toad and the skink love them. The skink is afraid of the adult six-spots because their legs are kind ofscratchy, although she loves the nymphs and the cane toad will eat the adults, but with the DHRs, either animal will eat either adult. The skink has to bite the adult Death Heads a few times to break them up a litle before she actually starts eating, but she apparently likes them enough that she will. A bearded, I’m sure, would just snap them up and eat. Their wings are no tougher than a cricket’s.
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09/07/07 05:08pm
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