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#2267528 Milkweed666 View Profile	Hissing roaches? The only cockroaches i can find near me are the giant hissing ones. Are those ok to feed a nile?
05/24/12  06:17pm
#2267529 Milkweed666 View Profile	Message To: Milkweed666   In reference to Message Id: 2267528  Hissing roaches? Theyre from pet stores of course
05/24/12  06:19pm
#2267534 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Milkweed666   In reference to Message Id: 2267528  Hissing roaches? Nah, don’t get those hissers. Look online, milkweed. Buy either Lobster roaches or Blaptica Dubia.
05/24/12  06:51pm
#2267535 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Milkweed666   In reference to Message Id: 2267529  Hissing roaches? Those hissers don’t have a good meat/shell ratio and they breed slow. I’ve seen monitors refuse to eat them as well, spit them right out. Lobsters and Dubia breed very fast, don’t hiss and they have a great meat/shell ratio... monitors LOVE them. Get yourself a bulk batch and start breeding them.
05/24/12  06:55pm
#2267539 Milkweed666 View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2267535  Hissing roaches? I would, but i dont think the landlord or the wife would be down for that. About fiddler crabs tho, do u kill them first? Couldnt the monitor get pinched if not?
05/24/12  07:10pm
#2267987 Freds his name View Profile	Message To: Milkweed666   In reference to Message Id: 2267539  Hissing roaches? ive already asked the fiddler crab question and its a yes. if it fits in it’s mouth it can eat it. i don’t know about the pinching part though, i wouldn’t be too worried about it. i don’t think they can do very much harm
05/28/12  04:53pm
#2268540 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Freds his name   In reference to Message Id: 2267987  Hissing roaches? my Savanna & Male C.W.D’s love them hissers.... if you want a better meat ratio feed them the hissers BEFORE they are adult sized or after a molt as their exoskeletons are not nearly as rigid then. I have no trouble breeding Hissers, Dubia or Discoids
06/02/12  12:10pm
#2268686 Mxracer View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2268540  Hissing roaches? Actually hisser’s will be better for a nile in the long run cause there a much larger roach. You would go through twice as many B.Dubia roaches then hisser’s. Lobster roaches are small as well.
06/03/12  07:29pm
#2268688 Milkweed666 View Profile	Message To: Mxracer   In reference to Message Id: 2268686  Hissing roaches? Would straight home from the pet store be ok? I dont really want to wait till theyre fat or molt as mentioned above. Roaches just chillin in my house for an extended period of time isnt gunna work
06/03/12  07:39pm
#2268692 Rokdog View Profile	Message To: Milkweed666   In reference to Message Id: 2268688  Hissing roaches? take a couple home & see how they like em.............. mine love the adults as well & have no trouble as to digestion & if a monitor has no trouble eating & digesting crab & snail shells then a hisser is no problem & as MX Racer said hissers do get much larger up to 5"inches and a couple of them would be like feeding them 15 to 20 dubia, discoids or lobster roaches. though it will get quite pricey$$ as adult hissers around here go for a few bucks each
06/03/12  08:16pm
#2268732 Milkweed666 View Profile	Message To: Rokdog   In reference to Message Id: 2268692  Hissing roaches? Yea the hissers are two bucks each. They do have snails there. Any specific snail(s) not ok? They have the water snails for fish tanks. I havent priced them. Are they much nutrition? Sorry for the 3 part question
06/04/12  12:58am

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