Fat dubia roach in my kitchen!

[justjumpit621]

I think it is worse when you look down and see a 3" long silverfish in your kitchen! And then a week later in your livingroom and watch it climbinto your sleper sofa... which YOU have to sleep in that night!

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Thats why im not sold on dubias. They freak me out. I just got a colony and i havent started feeding any off yet. Im trying to let the adults breed. Are you just holding them w/tongs and snipping off head w/scisors or what? Crix, horns, silks, grass don't freak me out but i dont like messing w roaches.

 

[fluxlizard]

I think dubias need too much moisture to be able to infest a home. Roaches can create their own humidity by huddling up in a group and breathing with each other in a tight space (like a cardboard toilet paper tube), but dubias need quite a bit of moist food or a water source to create enough humidity. And in spite of what I said about temperature- winter does slow them down a lot and the air dries out a lot during the winter too.

 

[Chameleon Loco]

Whats the big deal about dubias breeding in houses now when your chams hungry just scoop some of the floor jk I tried feeding roaches to my tegu who didnt eat them and they breed inside his cage I took the baby roaches and sold them for $5 for 20 my friend got a great deal never again will I try them

 

[laurie]

Hey tkilgour you should gut load your roaches with your mother in law then everyones happy!

Thanks a lot, you have me laughing so hard I may have an asthma attack. If I die here home alone tonight it is all your fault!!!!!

btw I keep by roaches heated to about 85 all time, mine would never leave their happy warm food filled home.

 

[fluxlizard]

These aren't roaches - they're Trilobites!

Hey Thanks a Lot!

I'm gonna try that line out sometime if a suitable situation comes up (like mother in law finding one in the kitchen!)

LOL

 

[panthercham]

I think it is worse when you look down and see a 3" long silverfish in your kitchen! And then a week later in your livingroom and watch it climbinto your sleper sofa... which YOU have to sleep in that night!

No….what is worse is wondering why all of a sudden my cham who free ranges is suddenly very interested in the kitchen where he has shown no signs of roaming into before.

Well I found out why….a great big, stinking NON dubia regular American house cockroach that is now taken up residence in my kitchen somewhere.

I hate them! I can pick up dubias, supers, crickets, hornworms without flinching, I know where they have been. Common old cockroach that is 1 – 2 inches long freaks me out. My boyfriend called me a sissy so I told him to make dinner as I wasn’t going in the kitchen until he got rid of it. He saw it and we had take out that night…..and the next. A week later we are still hesitant to go into the kitchen……I need a cat

 

[QuioteCham]

Possibly worst story yet: 2 summers ago, i bought a starter colony of the turkistan roaches. I couldnt get the lid off... pulled and pulled.... finally ripped the lid off, flinging turk roaches every where. To this day I have an infestation. I even woke up with one in my ear once (seriously). Still, i went out and got dubias to try again and occasionally catch loose turkistans in my house to feed off I believe the lesson here is do not fear the enemy, especially when your enemy is meant to be fed to your friend

 

[chamlover]

That IS the worst story i've heard!!!! I have dubias as well and about a month ago i went to put the folded clothes away and when i did, SURPRISE!!! Within the next few days i found 2 more in differnt rooms. Yuckkkkkk. I've heard that dubias won't cause an infestation but that lobsters WILL. Don't know how they escaped but i slept with 1 eye open for a couple of weeks. And yes i still have them but with a few more precautions.