im infested...................

[rattler_mt]

ive got prolly over 200 discoids and dubias now.......................cant belive that there is no smell after spending 2 days in shipping couped up in that box.........ive had a dozen cricket make MUCH more odor in under 12 hours......these things are sweet!

only issue, they like to go up the arm and to the back of my shirt where i cant reach them but i think i can deal with that

 

[rag]

congrats on the roaches :clap:

have patience and in no time you will truely be infested with a huge colony of them

 

[rattler_mt]

only issue is i dont have any critters big enough to eat the adults..........guess i get to go shopping for a new pet in the spring going to let them do their thing for the next 3 months

 

[the_frog_kid]

i got my new colonie of 32 half grown discoids in august and now i have 30 adults
no babies yet but very soon i can see how much they are eating and how fat they are
just remember to use a good substrate
i cant belive anyone would be that cruel as to not use substrate
still pisses me off after 4 years of hearing "my discoids arnt breeding fast like you said they would..."
lol i tell ppl but they dont listen




thanx froggy

 

[billopelma]

...be that cruel as to not use substrate.

Dont know about discoids but I found that my dubia didnt really use the substrate, they mostly stayed up on the hard media, so I stopped using it. They are absolutly thriving and eating everything as fast as I put it in, Ill have to sell some before long or Ill be waist deep in em. Same goes for the hissers and lateralis.
My distante are the only ones that truly love the substrate, only the nymphs though.
Wait till you do a good cleaning and have to sift a few hundred or thousand tiny nymphs out of the substrate...

Bill

 

[siliconthoughts]

only issue, they like to go up the arm and to the back of my shirt where i cant reach them but i think i can deal with that

That's interesting - neither my discoids nor my dubia will willingly go on skin at all. If I have gloves or a long sleeve shirt on they climb right on, but skin they run from.

Maybe it's just me!

 

[Stylopidae]

I've had my discoids for a month or so and am just now getting babies. They do breed fairly quick. I hope they grow quick, too.

The only substrate I use is their own poo,.