Roach colony

[yungzerk]

Just ordered about 100 mixed adult dubia roaches with a lot of juvenile and babies mixed in, hoping to get my roach colony booming soon! will update

 

[janjan20]

You know setting up a bug bin leads to getting more chams right? Lol

 

[GrannyK]

That’s awesome!! Who gets excited over roaches!!! lol cham parents that’s who.
I use oranges or orange peels to encourage breeding if you haven’t heard that yet. definitely keep us updated on how it goes.

 

[GrannyK]

You know setting up a bug bin leads to getting more chams right? Lol

True statement right there it just happens, your bugs get out of control and you need something to eat them so you get another cham.

 

[yungzerk]

You know setting up a bug bin leads to getting more chams right? Lol

little do you know, thats been the plan all along

 

[yungzerk]

That’s awesome!! Who gets excited over roaches!!! lol cham parents that’s who.
I use oranges or orange peels to encourage breeding if you haven’t heard that yet. definitely keep us updated on how it goes.

oo ive never heard of that, thank you so much! Its funny just they just arrived today and i already noticed a female with an egg sack hanging out of her butt lol

 

[Mitcchar]

I just ordered 25f and 4 or so males and put in a few oranges. They started breeding very quickly, so I recommend this also

 

[MissSkittles]

The warm weather is coming up, so it should be easy to keep them toasty warm. They prefer temps around 90 to breed. I don’t give them any extra light and usually keep them in the garage, which is dark except for the cat’s nightlights. About once a week or so I spray down the substrate a little for the isopods and springtails.

 

[yungzerk]

The warm weather is coming up, so it should be easy to keep them toasty warm. They prefer temps around 90 to breed. I don’t give them any extra light and usually keep them in the garage, which is dark except for the cat’s nightlights. About once a week or so I spray down the substrate a little for the isopods and springtails.

i plan to add some isopods and springtails soon to help with the cleanup and stuff soon!

 

[yungzerk]

The warm weather is coming up, so it should be easy to keep them toasty warm. They prefer temps around 90 to breed. I don’t give them any extra light and usually keep them in the garage, which is dark except for the cat’s nightlights. About once a week or so I spray down the substrate a little for the isopods and springtails.

also random question, but i know you’re had a roach colony for some time now. do they give live birth, or why would i be seeing a few females with egg sacks sticking out?

 

[yungzerk]

also random question, but i know you’re had a roach colony for some time now. do they give live birth, or why would i be seeing a few females with egg sacks sticking out?

here’s a picture of it!

 

[MissSkittles]

also random question, but i know you’re had a roach colony for some time now. do they give live birth, or why would i be seeing a few females with egg sacks sticking out?

Discoids do give live birth and I believe dubia do too. I had the egg sack hanging out once when I was sorting thru my colony which was stressful for them. I’ve since learned to be more gentle when moving them. It’s kind of like a prolapse I think (not positive). Hopefully it will go back in and she’ll be fine.
I was fortunate enough only once to find brand new just born nymphs. *might want to mute the sound…I tried & can’t remove it.

 

[elizaann2]

little do you know, thats been the plan all along

What other chams are you hoping to get?

 

[yungzerk]

What other chams are you hoping to get?

it won’t be for little while, but i’d love to get a panther and a piebald

 

[yungzerk]

Discoids do give live birth and I believe dubia do too. I had the egg sack hanging out once when I was sorting thru my colony which was stressful for them. I’ve since learned to be more gentle when moving them. It’s kind of like a prolapse I think (not positive). Hopefully it will go back in and she’ll be fine.
I was fortunate enough only once to find brand new just born nymphs. *might want to mute the sound…I tried & can’t remove it.

ahhh okay, thank you so much for the reply! That is amazing, i never knew they gave live birth. I’m sure it’s hanging out cause i just put her in a new colony but hopefully she’ll start to incubate it

 

[elizaann2]

it won’t be for little while, but i’d love to get a panther and a piebald

What kind of panther do you want?

 

[yungzerk]

What kind of panther do you want?

id love to get a nosy be or a nosy faly, but in honesty im fine with any type of panther

 

[elizaann2]

id love to get a nosy be or a nosy faly, but in honesty im fine with any type of panther

Love the blues! Good thinking!

 

[yungzerk]

Love the blues! Good thinking!

yesss! blues my favorite color too

 

[yungzerk]

Just ordered about 100 mixed adult dubia roaches with a lot of juvenile and babies mixed in, hoping to get my roach colony booming soon! will update View attachment 352820View attachment 352821View attachment 352822

the colony is already booming! Been noticing a lot more babies recently