Roach container cleaning. How do you?
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Nick
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Volta
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Thanks , I'm saying do you have two containers to swapp bugs. What's your procedure to make it easy? I know you know bugman!!!!Outside…
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bobcochran
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Nick would gladly tell you, but his carpel tunnel flairs up if he hits the keyboard too much.
First tap the egg cartons or toilet paper rolls against the side of the container to knock all the roaches out. Then tilt the box up on one end a bit and take a paint scraper or spatula and scrape all the roaches, detritus, and whatever to the high end of the box, most of the live roaches will squirm, walk, or run ending up on the lower end of the box. Do this several times, then start scooping out the unwanted matter into another smaller container. If you only scoop out small amounts at one time you will be able to see and remove the very small roaches left in the debris as you go. When emptying the small container of debris, shake out small amounts as you go and you will be able to pull out any small roaches you missed.
Nick this is the last time I'm helping you out!!
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First tap the egg cartons or toilet paper rolls against the side of the container to knock all the roaches out. Then tilt the box up on one end a bit and take a paint scraper or spatula and scrape all the roaches, detritus, and whatever to the high end of the box, most of the live roaches will squirm, walk, or run ending up on the lower end of the box. Do this several times, then start scooping out the unwanted matter into another smaller container. If you only scoop out small amounts at one time you will be able to see and remove the very small roaches left in the debris as you go. When emptying the small container of debris, shake out small amounts as you go and you will be able to pull out any small roaches you missed.
Nick this is the last time I'm helping you out!!
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ridgebax1
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I have identical containers so I put the egg cartons from one tub to the other with what ever roaches stay attached. I have several (3 or 4) home depot buckets with decreasing hole sizes and have them stacked one inside the other; the very bottom bucket has no holes. So I dump everything from the dirty tub into the bucket tower. I then put the stack of buckets inside the tub and shake them. Larger roaches stay in the top bucket so I dump them into the new bin; continue shaking the buckets until I get to the very bottom bucket. It will have all the poop and the babies in it. That is when I manually remove the babies from the poop. It may be a little elaborate but I cannot stand to touch the big roaches I don't mind the babies. I separate them from the poop and put them back in the new bin. I was thinking about replacing the bottom of one of the buckets with screen material thinking in may reduce the amount of poop/baby separating but haven't tried that yet. Fortunately they do not stink like crix so you don't have to do this as much.
I don't mind the babies. I separate them from the poop and put them back in the new bin. I was thinking about replacing the bottom of one of the buckets with screen material thinking in may reduce the amount of poop/baby separating but haven't tried that yet. Fortunately they do not stink like crix so you don't have to do this as much.
Rufi0
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First of all I wait till the girlfriend has gone out of the house. Then I take the roach bin into the bathtub for an extra level of protection which to be honest is never really needed. When I open up the box all the roaches immediately hide into the stacks of egg crates. I gently shake off any remaining poo / roach sheds and then place all the egg crates in a shallow plastic tray in the same upright position. They don't like the light so stay put in the egg crates and don't try and escape, allowing me to work on the main roach bin. Sometimes an inquisitive male will leave the safety of the egg crate stack, but as he is in the bathtub there is nowhere he can go. The hard bit is going through the scrap food and detritus. The babies love to hide in it so you need to make sure you get them all out before throwing it out. This can be quite long and tedious. I find if you gently slide all the detritus to one end of the bin the movement disturbs all the babies and you can see them moving amongst the crap and you can pick them out and put them on top of the egg crates you put aside. Like sieving for gold When you've caught them all put the egg crates back in the clean bin, double check the bathtub for any escapee's and then spray down the bathtub with anti-bac and rinse. Of all the livefoods I have the roaches (Dubia in my case) are the easiest to clean out. I once had to do a large tub with 1000 locusts..... never again !
When you've caught them all put the egg crates back in the clean bin, double check the bathtub for any escapee's and then spray down the bathtub with anti-bac and rinse. Of all the livefoods I have the roaches (Dubia in my case) are the easiest to clean out. I once had to do a large tub with 1000 locusts..... never again !
