Thank you!
Sadly, I'm more into spids and this fella is getting neglected, but I can't sell it locally as it is apparently endemic to South Africa...!
Can you lads confirm or refute that, perhaps?:? (the endemic part, of course)
I think you will find that the protein content of a roach is also very high and the fat content is certainly lower than a silkworm.
However, the OP does not wish to feed roaches, and my ts do not like worms at all, so it looks like crix will be the best feeders for him.:?
They emerge when the colony is very quiet, and are cared for by the adults and some nymphs, so you don't have to be concerned with feeding.
A certain amount of squishing will of course occur, but less occurs under the substrate than on top, surprisingly enough.
Personally I don't use any...
Jolly nice video, Ian ~
Works well with non climbers, but perhaps you'd spread some Vaseline or similar around the bottom tub if you have, say, Naphoeta cinerea?
Also, why are you separating the nymphs? Is it for selling or perhaps to preserve the colony?
Heh heh! You been talking to my wife?! :wicked:
Some of the species I breed, have nymphs that are so small, they can pass through the wire mesh. If this happens and they run into some bait, I could realistically lose a colony. ;)
I have just moved my roach colonies out to a wooden hut in our garden, and am having a terrible time trying to rid them of ants.
Baits that work on ants also work on any roaches that might escape and return to the colony, so that's out.
I've tried plain water, but the ants laughed at me...
Are we discussing the TKG or the second edition (specifically!) of the guide??
So far, I've found nothing in the second Ed that makes me glad I bought it, but I have admittedly been jumping about...
I'd always been warned off these as I was too inexperienced, but I have had two big girls for years now and they are perfectly docile. Since you don't handle much, go for it. :)
Good point, barabootom!
We have developers here in South Africa destroying tracts of land for housing for the up and coming 'new' South Africans, yet Nature Conservation - the official body - refuses anyone permission to save the various species of Baboon Spider at these sites!
Instead, they'd...
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