B. lateralis Cage setup help

[tacoma0680]

I have about 3000 of these and I was hoping to see everyones setup that they keep them in and how they get the eggs out thanks

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I hear a lot of people keep that species in their basements and kitchens.

 

[Takumaku]

I hear a lot of people keep that species in their basements and kitchens.

...or don't keep them at all since they are a pest specie (officially, a nuisance specie, but still the same).

 

[ZooRex]

...or don't keep them at all since they are a pest specie (officially, a nuisance specie, but still the same).

Woah woah woah! I just spent the last month taking my mom into letting me have a colony of B.lateralis, got them two days ago, and NOW I hear they're a nuisance sp!? Why didn't I hear about this in my formal posts; before I ordered them? Would they still be considered a pest in Wisconsin? I thought they were a tropical species that couldn't become a plauge unless conditions were right. Please give me some more info. Thanks ~ Rex

 

[4tec84]

I just received some and how do you keep them?
And what temperture is best for them?
Also what does their babies look like? Just so i will know what to look for.

 

[Tunedbeat]

I just received some and how do you keep them?
And what temperture is best for them?
Also what does their babies look like? Just so i will know what to look for.

I just keep mines in a plastic container, no substrate. At the end of each week, i pick out the eggs and throw them in a small container with moist peat moss. I'm not sure on how long they take to hatch but ever since I've been dong this they keep popping out ever 2-3days.

Here's one freshly hatch, though this one has already darken some,

A few days old here along with the adults,

 

[Snake_Eyes]

Woah woah woah! I just spent the last month taking my mom into letting me have a colony of B.lateralis, got them two days ago, and NOW I hear they're a nuisance sp!? Why didn't I hear about this in my formal posts; before I ordered them? Would they still be considered a pest in Wisconsin? I thought they were a tropical species that couldn't become a plauge unless conditions were right. Please give me some more info. Thanks ~ Rex

I'm not sure of the weather in Wisconsin but I bought a couple dozen being that I can buy them like crickets at my LPS and threw them in a smooth plastic container with no heat (room temp 70-80), no substrate, humidity from only food and I now after a few months have hundreds of them. It wouldn't surprise me in the least that these could infest or at least stick around for quite a while...maybe not to the extent of the american and german roaches but definitely one to be careful with. IMO

 

[Takumaku]

...NOW I hear they're a nuisance sp!? Why didn't I hear about this in my formal posts;

Because the majority override the minority. Talk to alot of the big name roach breeders (for example Orin, Xelda from bugchick.com, etc.) who use to keep them and got rid of them. Ask them why and their responses will scare you.

 

[Don&SallysZoo]

I personally started with B. lateralis, and I know longer have them! As far as tropical species and not, they are roaches! Roaches have been and survived for how many years I've seen people keep lateralis is huge rubbermaid trash cans.

 

[Snake_Eyes]

Because the majority override the minority. Talk to alot of the big name roach breeders (for example Orin, Xelda from bugchick.com, etc.) who use to keep them and got rid of them. Ask them why and their responses will scare you.

I want to hear their responses.

 

[KyuZo]

I kept them in the past as feeder as well, but they breed so fast that i didn't have anything to feed them to. they can also fast for a very very long time; like 5-6 months. I eventually got rid of them. i would be care with them.

 

[ShawnH]

I've been keeping them and haven't had any problems. Why are you taking the eggs out? I just leave them in and they produce fine. I keep them on coca-fiber with some egg flats. They are nicely sized for T food.

 

[Hurley]

I've got a colony of them and I enjoy them. Mine won't breed without their heating pad, though. Without the heat, the babies quit coming. That's just been my experience. I don't keep a huge colony, just enough for 4 T's and my crested geckos. If the numbers get out of hand, I give some away as feeders. I keep them in a 10 gallon aquarium, which is much better than the old sterilite I had them in as they could scale the wall of it. No probs in the 10 gallon. They have vertically placed egg crates over the heat with 3/4 inch of sand on the bottom of the tank. A paper plate is on the cool side with baby food jar lids that I put roach food and slices of apple on.

They work for me...haven't tried any other kind of roach. I try to be very careful not to have escapees, but the couple that have I usually find dead later. Haven't come across any thriving in the house, just some resident little spiders.

I may have just been lucky, but that's my positive report on them. They work for me.