Discoid keeping...

[lisagr07]

hey all,,,
i bought a small "colony" of Discoid roaches to get started with and have around if needed.. they seemed easy... anyone got any helpful tips or info to help me get them going??


here they are.. there are actually 4 adults and several babies of various sizes in there...

thanks a lot,, lisa

 

[jannb]

Here you go: http://www.nyworms.com/discoidcare.htm

 

[OldSkoolxReasons]

I have a colony of discoid and they are super easy to keep. I started with 20 adults, 4 males and 16 females. That was about 6 months ago. I am crawling in them now. I feed them vegetable/fruit puree for the wet gutload with all kinds of veggies ground in and cricket crack for their dry gutload. I have a plant heating pad under them that keeps them at 85-88 degrees fahrenheit and they require little to no care. They have produced super fast for me. The nymphs take awhile to grow to adulthood but you will have food for every kind of cham/lizard you have once the nymphs hare half grown and above. The babies are small enough for pygmy chams and the adults are large enough for meller's and parsons. My giant waxy monkey frogs love them and my goliath frogs love them as well. My bigger dart frogs love the freshly born ones. I actually prefer them to dubia as I believe the nymphs are juicier, however they are quite a bit faster than dubia if dropped. I haven't lost a single adult in 6 months and I neglect them quite a bit. Keep it dark and pretty humid and they will thrive.


Justin


EDIT: They didn't seem to like leafy veggies too much for me, thats why I started grinding them in with a piece of orange and such because the love the sweetness of fruit. I haven't fed them anything high in protein and they are eating lots of calcium filled stuff and have not died like my dubia if they get too much calcium.

 

[lisagr07]

Here you go: http://www.nyworms.com/discoidcare.htm

thanks for that link Jann...
i've bookmarked it for reference...

 

[lisagr07]

I have a colony of discoid and they are super easy to keep. I started with 20 adults, 4 males and 16 females. That was about 6 months ago. I am crawling in them now. I feed them vegetable/fruit puree for the wet gutload with all kinds of veggies ground in and cricket crack for their dry gutload. I have a plant heating pad under them that keeps them at 85-88 degrees fahrenheit and they require little to no care. They have produced super fast for me. The nymphs take awhile to grow to adulthood but you will have food for every kind of cham/lizard you have once the nymphs hare half grown and above. The babies are small enough for pygmy chams and the adults are large enough for meller's and parsons. My giant waxy monkey frogs love them and my goliath frogs love them as well. My bigger dart frogs love the freshly born ones. I actually prefer them to dubia as I believe the nymphs are juicier, however they are quite a bit faster than dubia if dropped. I haven't lost a single adult in 6 months and I neglect them quite a bit. Keep it dark and pretty humid and they will thrive.


Justin


EDIT: They didn't seem to like leafy veggies too much for me, thats why I started grinding them in with a piece of orange and such because the love the sweetness of fruit. I haven't fed them anything high in protein and they are eating lots of calcium filled stuff and have not died like my dubia if they get too much calcium.

thanks for the info Justin,,
the lady i bought them from at the Repticon show said they had ben feeding them hydrated romaine lettuce but your selection sounds much more nutritious for them, then in turn for the chameleon..

i've got them in a tall rubbermaid container with coco husk for bedding but after reading the link Jannb sent me i may eliminate that and use the egg crate material...
i'll have them in a dark cabinet but may have to provide them with a bit of heat...

thanks again,, lisa