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#1932888 Mitzy View Profile	Roach Questions I’m thinking about breeding roaches due to the stink & noise from crickets getting to be obnoxious. I’d be feeding 2 green toads and a tomato frog. Are roaches good for feeding amphibians? I’ve heard they’re great feeders but haven’t heard of anyone feeding them to their amphibians, usually just reptiles. Also what would be a good smaller size roach (comparable to large crickets) that doesn’t climb or fly? I’ve been looking at species but there’s so many it’s hard to keep track of them. Thanks for any help! -Toadygirl-
01/15/09  05:47pm
#1933437 JackAsp View Profile	Message To: Mitzy   In reference to Message Id: 1932888  Roach Questions My cane toad eats mostly roaches, but obviously not the same size that yours will eat. Several months ago I literally downsized my colony from fuscas to orange heads, because I was worried about obesity and prolapses and figured the fuscas were too much of a good thing. The orange heads have proven insanely easy to breed, and their soft-bodied cricket-sized nymphs would be great... but they do stink. Roaches in gerneral don’t, but orange head colonies have an unpleasant defensive odor. You could try dubias. I don’t know I’d use adults for them except for right after a shed when the exoskeleton is still white and soft, but the babies are much softer. They’re born live, about the size of a ladybug, and grow pretty quickly, although not as quickly as crickets. The disadvantage to orange heads is the smell. The disdavantage to dubias is they aren’t very active, so some predators aren’t interested in them, ignore them, and then they bury themselves in the substrate. Discoids might be a good compromise. But, as with the other two, the adults are larger than you should use. As a treat, right after a shed when the wings are stuill soft and white, a big roach might be enjoyed. But in general, stick with the nymphs. And avoid the really BIG nymphs, which are only one shed away from being adults, because those have the heaviest exoskeletons of any stage in the entire life cycle. I’ve only kept discoids once, and I didn’t find them to be as prolific as everyone else does. However, I only had a small colony and I was using the adults as food, so I admit I didn’t give them all that fair a chance. (The same conditions certainly didn’t stop my orange-heads, though!)
01/16/09  03:00pm

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