Question about Banana Roaches

[jajeanpierre]

Is it just me or have others noticed this: I keep banana roaches but only hand feed them. I hold them by their wings to feed but sometimes they hook a foot on my finger and it really stings. Do others get a stinging sensation from their legs/feet like I do? Is it possibly an allergic reaction?

 

[Lathis]

You mean the "eastern green banana beetles" that I had when the hubby said no roaches in the house? Those?
When I had them, I noticed the same thing. I think their leg spines are just very poky. If it doesn't swell or develop a rash, it's probably not an allergic reaction. Doesn't mean you can't develop one with time, tho.

 

[bobcochran]

Lathis, I need your husbands work phone number.

 

[Lathis]

Lathis, I need your husbands work phone number.

Snitches get stitches.

 

[wodesorel]

I told my husband the first dubia nymphs were exotic pill bugs.

I ended up so allergic to my roaches I had to get rid of them all. If you ever get allergy tested, cockroaches are standard on the prick test. I knew going into it I was already allergic, but repeated exposure made it worse over the span of about three years. I went from being able to handle them without issues, to blowing up everywhere a leg touched, to full blown asthma attacks just being in the same room as them. If you think you are allergic, limit exposure as much as possible. I wish I had! Might not have gotten so bad so fast.

If the stinging sensation lasts for a while, there's a good likelihood it's an allergy. Mine would swell up, get hot, and burn like crazy for hours, sometimes days if they got me deep.

 

[bobcochran]

Snitches get stitches.

No snitching; just a friendly, enlightening entomological discussion!

 

[nick barta]

Bob, you bug me…!

 

[bobcochran]

Bob, you bug me…!

Nick, I might PayPal you next week so you can bug me!!

 

[TheCoop]

Exactly what Nick needs........another handful of money :/..

Love Brad

 

[BayChams]