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Counting roaches From a dealer/breeder stand point, I do both depending on the order I receive. Small orders of 50 or less I count by hand. Orders over 50, I will weigh out 10-50 of said size and crunch the numbers. Depending on species, some small take quite a few just to get a weight. With...

I never did anything with the sand I bought before and never had a problem. But always good to take precautions. To wash the sand, I would put it into a fine wire mesh colander and rinse well with water from the garden hose.

Just what I was thinking, I agree. My B. smithi's kick hairs, but my female B.boehmei is just ridiculous at kicking. I just touch her container and she start kicking hairs before the lid comes off. Then I suffer for a few days so she can eat.

I recently did a trade with Carla back on May 12, 2010. My end of trade was short. I had traded her 8 2.5" healthy OBT's for 250 - 300 mixed hissers. I received 150 and she said she would make it right and ship the remainderr of trade on May 25. 2010. I just tried contacting her to check the...

Yeah disabling the roach helps. I have noticed with mine when I feed B. dubia, if the roach does burrow, it usually gets caught that night or soon after. Both the roaches and tarantulas are nocturnal and active at night. This has been my experience. And B. lateralis and N. cinerea work well too.

I use plastic deli containers, half full of water, set next to the wall. They can climb your walls most likely. Another good method is taking a large soda bottle, cut the top 2" or so off and invert into bottom half. Same thing, add water and set aside the wall flush or lean. Be sure its secure...

Kathy, are climates are about the same, dry for the most part. The B. lateralis roach has even acclimated itself here in the past 5 years. They were first discovered in Ca. about 30 years ago. They come in the house now and then from outdoors, straight to the bug room. I haven't seen any yet...

I was so happy when I stopped using crickets. Theres a shortage of crickets right now do to a virus that affects only crickets. Roaches are much better than crickets all around. I manage over 350 tarantulas and they all will eat B. dubia, small to adult. I give mine a variety of B. dubia, B...

I am fortunate to have a wife that although hates everything I have living in my room, she still supports me all the way. My mom, ah, she just puts up with it cause I guess I am her son, not sure, but she's cool about my bugs too. My wife had a bad experience with roaches before we met. She had...

You will want to add a little moist soil for them to keep hydrated if your going to keep them. There require constant moisture to survive. They make great little cage cleaners in damp enclosures. Good luck with those little babies. They feed on decaying leaf litter, veggie scraps etc. Just keep...

I managed to get a 5"+ female on trade a few weeks back. Beautiful species! I wouldn't mind breeding her later if I can get a male.

I live in California and raise B. lateralis roaches as well. B. lateralis roaches showed up here around 5 years ago and we have never had any infestation of any kind. This particular species of roach requires more damp humid conditions than most households can provide. I agree with the OP, this...

Not sure about the frequency of every couple of days, but they are egg laying machines. Keep the eggs warm and damp and they should hatch without a problem. Mine seem to hatch out in about 3 weeks, average time.

From what I have read, its not legal through any of the shipping carriers to ship tarantulas. However, you can apparently request through UPS or Fed EX to setup a special account or get special permission to ship ts. I have read its a long drawn out process though. I had also read that the USPS...

Crickets I guess it depends where you live. Out here they run $1.44 - $1.80 per dozen.

I remember gas at 50c gal., I was around 7 or 8. I bought my 1st female B. smithi (sub-adult Mexican Red Knee) in a lps for $20.00 back in 1978. I remember paying a $1.00 for a dozen crickets to feed her.

That will be plenty big enough for 25 to start. You could easy house 500-800 comfortably in that size. I have a small colony myself in an 18qt (4.5gl) Sterilite plastic tub. When it hits several hundred I'll bump up the size.

I too have had allot of people tell me they have trouble with the ootheca's. hatching. I live at around 3200 ft elevation in the dry deserts of S. Calif. and haven't had any problems hatching the eggs at 70F - 90F. The lower temps take a little longer. If the ootheca does't dry up, it can take...

It must be your computer, cause I'm looking at the pics in the post.