mixing roachs
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I cant imagine it would be a problem as long as you have a large enough tub to house them in. I have lateralis(turkistan) and discoidalis (false death head) in the same container. they do just fine. The only thing to think about is that the nymphs for the lateralis are sooo small compared to hissers, so make sure when you are Ventalating the tub make them higher if theyre larger holes and smaller if you put some at the bottom. if you just use screen then put it at the top and no worries cause they cant climb. Good luck.
and lateralis are kinda smelly but thats all part of the fun.
and lateralis are kinda smelly but thats all part of the fun.
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once in a while, like when they stink,or the egg crates get too moist. it really depends. I keep a good eye on them. If you feed them FRESH veggies and fruit every other day or so then you should have a good idea of when to change out their TUB. IN MY OPINION its not nessacery very often, but the lateralis do poo alot more
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doubtful, you would have to have a male and a female escape....together.....then have them mature........and mate......then have enough heat in your house to allow them to continue to mate and so on and so on......Unless of corse you end up leting a mature gravid female out and she hides under your fridge or something. Its possiable,,,,just not probable. I have been breeding this species for some time and never had a problem....and yes some have escaped....but never an infestation.
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I have a few Blatta lateralis running around my garage but I'm almost certain they're natives here as well and not just mine escaping. I have not done a night walk yet to see if that's true around the neighborhood but I will confirm that soon. If it is my colony escaping then...uh oh; not really though, annoying but they will never live through the cold winter here.
I mixed all my roaches together yesterday (made a sweet display tank too). I plan to feed off my most well established roaches (my dubias) first, then the lats. The other 3-4 species are small groups. I was bored and ran out of room for tubs.
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Wouldn't the faster growing species eventually crowd out the slower one? Also, I've seen some very cricket-like cannibalism from B lateralis (yes they had food and H20 at the time). It's possible you'd end up with bunches of turkistans eating up your freshly molted hissers.
I'm no roach expert though, just my thoughts on the matter.
I'm no roach expert though, just my thoughts on the matter.
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escaping
They are native to many states now truthfully. There are escapes sometimes I have noticed though. If the side of your container is wet I found they could actually climb it too. I guess it just makes it sticky enough for them to get a grip.
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OHHH YEAHH, ihave seen this soo much...I feed them and water and still I have to clean out headless bodies...recycle i guess. from my lateralis.
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More work and effort
It is best to keep species seperate. There is no advantage to keeping sperate species together. Especially if being used as feeders. No advantage at all. Dont do it.
Digby Rigby balboa28279@mypacks.net
It is best to keep species seperate. There is no advantage to keeping sperate species together. Especially if being used as feeders. No advantage at all. Dont do it.
Digby Rigby balboa28279@mypacks.net