what roaches do you use for your T's

[HcUnderoath]

only vote "other" if you use a different roach, not a different feeder

 

[Travis K]

I use Turks, Lobsters, and Dubias

PS, they are great with pasta and tossed salad, or beer battered and deep fried.

 

[Eclipse]

Turks & Dubias

 

[El Viejo]

I only use dubia, the reason being that they are all I have at the moment, and so far all my T's are quite happy with them!

 

[somethingbig]

only dubia

 

[mcliff1]

I use both Dubias and Discoidales. The smaller dubias work good for my 1" Ts, and the bigger Discoidales are great for my bigger Ts.

 

[Veneficus]

I prefer lateralis but I need larger roaches for my larger Ts so I began using the Discoidales. I prefer them over the dubia because they move faster.

 

[gvfarns]

Wow. So many dubia users.

I would have thought a lot more people would have been using lobsters, just because that is the historical feeder (that's my main feeder at the moment). I guess things change fast in this hobby.

 

[ShellsandScales]

I voted discoid but also use hissers. I'd like to have a lot more species but haven't gotten it set up yet. Discoid rock IMO especially sub adult roaches for adult T's. What a great meal!

 

[Radamanthys]

Leurolestes circunvagans

the only one i found to sell here in Brasil

 

[jeepinwu2]

Lobsters and hissers

 

[gvfarns]

Leurolestes circunvagans

the only one i found to sell here in Brasil

Hey Radamanthys, can you give us a little more info on this species? I find very little available. Can they climb smooth surfaces? Do they reproduce fast? Do they bear live young or leave egg cases? Are they active or prone to freezing when scared? Do they burrow? How long does it take for them to mature? Do you know their common name (you can translate it if necessary).

I'm always interested in new feeder species. I'm convinced that there must be better bugs out there than the roaches mentioned on this list.

Anyone know why this species is not kept in the hobby in North America (from what I can tell)?

 

[JohnMatthew]

B. craniifer X B. fusca hybrid

 

[Radamanthys]

Hey Radamanthys, can you give us a little more info on this species? I find very little available. Can they climb smooth surfaces? Do they reproduce fast? Do they bear live young or leave egg cases? Are they active or prone to freezing when scared? Do they burrow? How long does it take for them to mature? Do you know their common name (you can translate it if necessary).

I'm always interested in new feeder species. I'm convinced that there must be better bugs out there than the roaches mentioned on this list.

Anyone know why this species is not kept in the hobby in North America (from what I can tell)?

I promised to talk about these guys a little time ago, but never remembered to do so

Well, they can climb smooth surfaces (glass and plastic) but they just seem to prefer not doing so unless its really necessary. If you disturb a colony they'll just run on the ground and start climbing walls when they realize there is NO hide available.

They don't really "burrow" but they hide in the dirt as good as they can and you don't wanna know about their habilities in coconut fiber . The adults freeze as soon as they see there is another animal there (that can and want and will eat them) but they can be stupid enough to walk under a T thinking is a good hiding place. The juveniles will just run and run like... Well, like dizzy roaches.

They reproduce fast but not easy. They take time to acommodate, and don't like much an "organized" set of egg carton boxes, they hold their babies until they are in a proper environment, but will give birth in critical situations (being eaten by a A. fracta for an example) they started reproducing when i ripped the boxes apart and just throwed them inside the bioterium. As far as i noted, the gestation period is about a month. They give live birth to small babies (about 1/4') that grow up to 1 1/2" or even 2" in some rare cases. The only sexual dimorfism i could note is that the female is a little smaller than the male, but some males are smaller, other females are bigger ruining the method. But the pattern seem to be that one. Couldn't find out the time they get till getting mature, but working on it (trying to get some newborn babies and separate from the rest).

They can smell , specially when the egg boxes get old, but thats pretty much it, they are not even close to crickets. I would say it's a medium smell .

As for feeding, they will be very little pleased to have to nibble on dog food pieces, you have to turn it into dust and then give them, that way they'll eat very well, although they don't eat that much. My colony is about 200 roaches and 4 big grapes take 3 or 4 days to get consumed. They won't eat without umidity, that's why you need a water source (some pot lid with a thin layer of water is enough, i never had any drowns). I never tested water gel, cause i never heard of it here in Brasil so can't tell you. And they will eat the remains of their fallen comrades and will make some comrades fall if they get hungry. I had a roach that got its legs eaten by half and let alive, poor one.

Well, i think that's it, any question feel free to ask