Free range

[tru510]

I was wondering how many of you guys free range your food. Im feeding superworms,dubia ,silkworms,crickets.I have been cup feeding but it seems he dont like it that way. The food will sit all day then maybe he will take a few. When I free range crickets he tears them up. I want to free range the roaches and worms but i have a drain system and they will go down the tube. How do you guys do it?
Thanks

 

[nightcrawler]

i free range my crickets, and ohmost all my other bugs.
i dont have roaches but i dont no if you would free range them beacause
they will run and hide under things.
but with worms i usually stick my hornworms and silkworms on different
branches or the screen. with super worms i just stick them on the screen
and he comes a running. with silkworm moths i just give them a toss
and where they land they land and get eaten.
waxworms i ususally just hand feed.

 

[AFH]

I'm pretty much like nightcrawler, free range everything, but I'm also thinking of roaches for their breedablilty, but I'd probably cup feed them to keep them contained. Roaches can get out of a screen cage easily.

 

[Dankmeleon]

place a small piece of screen over your drainage, or is that too hard too

 

[AFH]

No, but that's not what I'm worried about. Roaches can compress their bodies to squeeze through about any crack.

 

[tru510]

I had a screen over the drain hole and hot glued that sucker down. They still went through, found them in the water bowl

 

[Dankmeleon]

hahahahahaah no offense but if you took a piece of screen and securely hot glued it down, nothing is getting through it unless they chew threw it, which brings me to my next point metal screen is prolly the best bet

 

[reptileguy]

i free range my food.....even with the baby I have.....she won't take to cup feeding and it frustrates me to no end.....my older male won't either, then I get nervous because they go 3 days without eating.....

 

[dodolah]

seriously, a big NO on free ranging roaches.
roaches are elusive and hide quite well.

feel free to free range your worms and crickets.