How often do you feed your roaches???

[KyuZo]

Hi, for those that keep roaches. I was wondering how often do you feed your roaches?
please share it

 

[Xaranx]

Voted everyday since I always have dry crushed dog food+oats and water crystals in there. Sometimes leftovers, an apple, potato, or banana.

 

[scolex]

I new I had forgotten something! Thanks ! I have noticed they are eating the card board rolls. But I do and fresh vegies once a week and some gut load cricket food aswell.

 

[ahas]

Every other day. They eat alot.

 

[Galapoheros]

I don't feed mine for 2 or 3 days after they run out of food.

 

[Nich]

I clean my lil' 5 gal dubia colony out every 3 days for dead/nasty food and generally refil the fod dishes then.

 

[KyuZo]

Every other day. They eat alot.

I agree, they do eat a lot. I noticed that there are a small amount of white mites in the tanks. i will do one of two things to cut down on the mites.

first I will add some dwarf white isopods to the tank. i'll see how that turn out after a month
then i will cut down the food input to every 3 days.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

How come there isn't a "none of the above" option? Our colonies are pretty small and we routinely go a week or two without feeding them. I think I've ignored my hissers for over a month a few times, and they retaliated by having babies.

 

[Stylopidae]

I always keep dog food in with all my roaches.

 

[KyuZo]

I have some giant hissers and B. rothi in the tank with my B. giganteus and i noticed that my giant hissers only eat like once every 2-3 weeks.
my B. giganteus and B. rothi eat everyday.

 

[tacoma0680]

I like to feed and water every other day cause that is how fast they go thought the food and water.......
Timothy

 

[Mr. Mordax]

I have some giant hissers and B. rothi in the tank with my B. giganteus and i noticed that my giant hissers only eat like once every 2-3 weeks.
my B. giganteus and B. rothi eat everyday.

I've noticed something similar -- my hissers hardly eat at all and my B. fusca go through food like it's nothing.

 

[RoachGirlRen]

Really depends.... growing nymphs and breeding individuals are fed every day. The others are typically fed every 2-3 days, and I often have a dry staple available outside of the fruit/veg/meat they get. They really plow through food, including the hissers - my breeder colony is sometimes fed twice daily because they consume such massive amounts.

 

[cacoseraph]

once or twice a month to once or twice a week

in winter i feed them considerably less

 

[bluefrogtat2]

twice a week

i have a ton of different roaches,some eat twice a week(mostly my big feeder colonies,dubias,fuscas,cranifers,fumigata,discoids,prosticus,and distanti)my collectors or rare ones i feed alot less(my colony of lurida barely eat,but produce a ton of nymphs,and my o.orientalis also consume almost nothing)i think it also depends on size of the colony big colony = more food.my discoids are so overloaded i could easily feed everyday
andy

 

[FilliamHMuffman]

I clean my lil' 5 gal dubia colony out every 3 days for dead/nasty food and generally refil the food dishes then.

This is basically what I do - I clean out the shells from molts to keep the tank relatively orderly, and refill food and water. I feed them powdered gutload from Blatpicadubia.com, so I'll put about 2 tbsp in at a time. I completely dump out the food once a week, and replenish 1-2x a week. And I make sure the water crystals are in there all the time.

And I throw in an apple or banana when I think about it, too. They love those things.

 

[Truff135]

It's easily every other day now. Food used to last a few days, but anymore the cereal and dog food only lasts a day, maybe two at the most. The smashed veggies get eaten almost instantly. The food didn't used to go that fast; I'm not sure how many roaches I'm up to now!!! I think I better take a peek lol...

 

[Cyris69]

hmm... I've had the same cup of high protein cheap dog food in there since I got them maybe 2-3 months ago. and its not all gone. I have a 100 dubia 90% adults 10% large nymphs not including newborns. All I do is put more water gel in. And scraps here and there.