Fat dubia roach in my kitchen!
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Zen Reptiles
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Cutting the first two (total of 4) legs off has helped me when feeding. I also bowl feed. A little extra time, but worth it. 5 years+ keeping roaches and no escapes (4 species, 2 are climbers)
tkilgour
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There is a lid on the colony of dubia roahces. I am not sure if it was a male or not. However, I do not think it escaped from the container. I think it may have climbed out when I opened my enclosure door and I just didnt see it. I hope any way.
Hopefully there isnt a new colony forming in my house and crawling through my kitchen pantry.
hallenhe
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Maybe you could free-range the chams in the pantry now and again, just to be on patrol?
Just got my first dubias this week; Thaxter was very excited when offered his first one.
tkilgour
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lol funny subject, I guess I should free range some in the pantry . My mother in law said I need to grow up and get a life other than chameleons, and she said everything about them is disgusting, especially their food, whatever ! I have to say walking into the kitchen and flipping the light on to catch a fat dubia kind of made me jump, but it totally freaked her out. My worry is the house was infested, but I have not saw any more, so my hopes are one just climbed out of the enclosure some how. So from now on I will simply take off the 4 legs as recommended.
. My mother in law said I need to grow up and get a life other than chameleons, and she said everything about them is disgusting, especially their food, whatever ! I have to say walking into the kitchen and flipping the light on to catch a fat dubia kind of made me jump, but it totally freaked her out. My worry is the house was infested, but I have not saw any more, so my hopes are one just climbed out of the enclosure some how. So from now on I will simply take off the 4 legs as recommended.
hallenhe
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I was looking at mine this morning and it hit me: These aren't roaches - they're Trilobites! (Seriously, if you saw one fossilized in stone, what would you think?)
Pure
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There is a lid on the colony of dubia roahces. I am not sure if it was a male or not. However, I do not think it escaped from the container. I think it may have climbed out when I opened my enclosure door and I just didnt see it. I hope any way.
Tonight as soon as it gets dark crank your ac down to 60 degrees and unplug your fridge, or any other appliance that generates heat. That should wipe them out. Least that's what I've read to do.
It makes sense. They are a tropical species of roach and do not tolerate cold very well. If you still find some, then this winter let the 60 degrees last a few days.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I remove a roaches head before feeding off to a chameleon if I am not there to watch it be injested. Just incase it escaped the chameleon, it still wouldnt live many days.
TKilgour, put out some sticky traps / roach motels just incase it isnt alone!
TKilgour, put out some sticky traps / roach motels just incase it isnt alone!
ciafardo 4
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Hey tkilgour you should gut load your roaches with your mother in law then everyones happy!
tkilgour
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Hey tkilgour you should gut load your roaches with your mother in law then everyones happy!
I totally have to agree w/ you on this one, lol
fluxlizard
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Uh- that won't do it. LOL. My colonies get colder than that during the winter all the time. Most of January and much of february they spent nights in the low 50s and days in the 60s.
I don't think they will infest a house though.
