jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
This is brought up every once in a while. It was probably all of our concern at some point. There are thousands of species of roaches, only I think 6-8 are found around the world as pest species. Some can even be trickier to keep alive than chameleons(not usually the ones used as feeders though). Most are pretty easy, but have certain requirements that make reproduction in the average house nearly impossible. Like dubia may survive for a while, but you won't see them breeding in your house. The only ones I think you could come across that may have some potential to reproduce in your house, and still very unlikely, would IMO be:
-lobster roaches... which can breed at room temp(most species need very warm temps)
-red runners... if you live somewhere warm all year, and they have access to a moisture source to lay their ooths. People in desert climates will find them sometimes. To ease your mind my wife almost divorced me when our cat busted open a container of 200 in our house... within about a week I found no more living ones. They all died off quickly, even here in humid Pennsylvania. Roaches usually don't do well without large numbers, they try to congregate.
-surinam roaches could potentially hang out in the soil of indoor plants for a while and are quick breeders. Thing with them is, once they lose their soil to burrow in, they die quickly. So you wouldn't see them running around the house.
as some of us use bee pollen?
