Say it with Roses- I mean Roaches.

Twitchet

Twitchet

Chameleon Enthusiast
So I bought myself a present of some roaches- I was astounded at how utterly exquisite these tiger hissing roaches ( Princisia - although I read there is some question about them as a proper species?) - they are huge- 70-80mm and quite beautiful,they sense the air and my hands gracefully with their antennae- stunning animals, hoping for some babies soon, females will hopefully make a nice parsonii meal, the others are blaberus cranifer- deaths head- they are quick- I mean super quick but very nice- juvs but already 50 mm at least. Mini trilobites.

Blaberus cranifer
 
I would not recommend feeding these to a Panther Chameleon, as their legs are quite difficult to swallow and digest without consequence. If you're looking for a good roach feeder, I highly recommend discoid or dubia
 
JohnnyLawrence said:
I would not recommend feeding these to a Panther Chameleon, as their legs are quite difficult to swallow and digest without consequence. If you're looking for a good roach feeder, I highly recommend discoid or dubia
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Yes- I have a good dubia colony for the smaller chams- will only be feeding female hissers if I deem them o.k or prepare them to they are suitable for eating, happy to keep as pets too- I'm feeling this may be the start of a roach sp. collection though!
 
I'm in the U.K so I got them from a seller on Ebay- will try and make it to an entomological fair later in the year and pick up some rhino roaches- they won't be dinner for anyone with those though!:)
 
Hissing cockroaches from Madagascar was the food of choice for large chameleons back in the 90's. I myself had a huge colony for my pair back then but if you notice adults males hard shells especially spiky legs was an accident waiting to happen but the juveniles shouldn't be a problem for feeders.
 
Hi , I remember Joel saying about the horns on the males so they won't be fed, not sure what I will do with loads of males, I'm happy to wait and see how they go, either way I'm a winner:) as they are staggering gorgeous creatures although do look quite yummy too! My female loved an orange head I fed her, she seemed to appreciate the different look, hoping to get them going one day too, pleased with the blaberus, certainly safer but we will see (y) :)
 
Males don't tend to do well with other males in the enclosure. I think you can only have a limited number based on your enclosure size no matter the females you have. That's for hissers. Tigers from what I understand don't have really huge horns. The death heads/craniifers tend to not be handlable if you are looking for pets.They don't sit on you like other blaberus species, IE dubias etc. But they are super excited and run around a lot so I imagine they would attract attention from chameleons. But I have heard of defensive smell from the adults that are less palatable to chameleons (not sure if this is true) I didn't have any issues with them when I raised them, but I didn't feed them off. The death head's do breed slower, but it's way worth it, when you have a happy breeding colony of these guys they are absolutely gorgeous. You definitely have them set up right as they do best with substrate and more naturalistic enclosures.
 
Im getting a veiled chameleon soon and its my first one on my own. i had one with my dad a while back. Wel on cragslist there is a man who breeds roaches and they are cheep! 100 roaches for $20. would this be a good idea and if so how many roaches should i feed my little guy?
 
Depends on the type of roach, also depends on the stage of life they are in whether that is cheap.
 
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