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Blue death feigning beetles, desert hairy scorpions and harvester ants are the only ones coming to mind at the moment. Not a good mix if you decide to get all three. Eric

I used to breed all my bugs exclusively on zucchini and fish flakes. Successfully had colonies of pure G portentosa, E javanica, B dubia, peppereds, S consefarium etc etc. Although the peppereds and the simandoas had dried leaves to munch on too. Developed and allergy to the bugs and got rid of...

Since you only have one I'd say stick it in a container with a few others (normal colored ones) and then remove the babies. Of course if any of the babies are orange you can isolate those and within a generation or two you should have a few specimens to work with.

"These are only available for sale to permitted educational facilities or entomologists. " Right off the site Eric

Like goforki said, microwave with water otherwise it'll be dry as bone. Just don't leave the room while it's cooking. Also be aware the wood will be extremely hot afterwards so let it cool before touching it. Two minutes should be plenty.

Don't worry, in a few years they'll be readily available and an even cooler species will have been discovered by then and will be equally unattainable. Such is the hobby of all inverts. Eric

http://www.roachcrossing.com/ Best option IMO Eric

Turkeys see cats as a potential predator, they are examining it. Turkeys are very intelligent, many birds are. My advice is to watch this documentary on turkeys if you want to learn more about them. Eric

I'm fine with handling all my species but if their spikes pierce my skin the area is usually extremely itchy, usually seems to only happen with my hissers. Eric

Seems like a very bad idea, people are always trying to get rid of chinchillas, I see them on craigslist all the time. If you really want a chinchilla I'd say do a ton of research and then get one from a breeder right after it's weaned so you can actually form some sort of bond with it. A "never...

They're not legal in the USA at all in any state whatsoever. Eric

Everyone on here seems to be over-worrying and over-analyzing things like this is some sort of shocking un-heard of tragedy. I am sorry your ooth was aborted and I am not trying to be callous but this sort of thing happens all the time. I have 13 G. portentosa adults (hybrids like everyone...

Very cool setups / colonies! I'm very jealous of how healthy and numerous all your species are and I'm amazed you've been able to keep Philoscia muscorum alive, all the adults I've had just died off all of a sudden in each culture and then the babies do too eventually. Keep us posted on that. Eric

Roaches are the definitely the bee's knees, cats pajamas, etc but if you absolutely can't have them (which is a fate I wish on no man/woman) I'd recommend isopods. They come in very different sizes & colors and are easy as cake. http://www.roachcrossing.com/category/for-sale/non-roach/isopods/...

I posted a thread on this exact species like ten minutes ago (give or take a week), it's got a picture of my enclosure and stuff. Eric http://arachnoboards.com/threads/simandoa-conserfariam.286383/

They key to success is to always fly off the handles without just-cause the second a situation presents itself :P.

The second a roach enters your home with your voluntarily consent then you've officially joined the hobby. Just as a tarantula owner has joined the tarantula hobby with a single individual spider. Unless you're doing it professionally or as some sort of punishment, it's a hobby. You should be...

lol it's fine, and you're damn welcome. Get two males then, they won't breed. Eric

I don't think there are many roach species in the hobby that your average arachnid keeper would have difficulty with. The only things I'd say that make Simandoas less "beginner" than hissers or dubias is that they're fast as fuck, can scale any surface with shocking speed and are sometimes...

You're just oozing with jealousy, I know it. I'm sure if they aren't extinct in the wild entirely yet they probably will be within a few years. Most things will be sooner than later if we keep up our "fantastic" species killing work. Eric