Re: what eats Discoid roaches (Blaberus discoidalis)?
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artgecko
My gargoyle and crested geckos will eat dubia, although not all of them will. My blue tongue skink will mow them down. My remaining fancy rat will also eat them. Bearded dragons will eat a lot of them too. Tarantulas will also eat them, although I don't have experience keeping those. Probably large mantids would as well.
I'll have to try feeding Frank, my BTS, roaches again. Good to know yours loves them. Thank you!
Re: what eats Discoid roaches (Blaberus discoidalis)?
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Originally Posted by
Deborah
Crested geckos and Chahoua will eat insect but this is not their main diet they mainly eat fruits in the form of Pangea Complete diet (So bug is only in addition to their diet), you can also get Gargoyles to eat roaches but there is a trick because Gary's are lazy and do not like to chase (basically you contain the roaches in a 4 inch ceramic bowl so they don't have to chase)
I have 2 pet geckos now (No longer breeding Crested) a Garg and a Chaouha and between the 2 of them they get 12 roaches a week, nothing that makes a big dent in a large colony.
Now Leo eat bugs as their staple diet.
As far as selling I know most people sell on EBay but I am sure they do on CL too, just not sure you would want to meet a stranger for $10 or less, I know I would not.
thank you for all the info, Deborah!!!
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artgecko
Probably large mantids would as well.
mantids!!! excellent idea!
Re: what eats Discoid roaches (Blaberus discoidalis)?
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Originally Posted by
dakski
I'll have to try feeding Frank, my BTS, roaches again. Good to know yours loves them. Thank you!
Yeah, my guy gets them as a treat only (I think he likes them more than his regular dog food / vegg mix). I feed him off tongs with them and he has a horrible habit of biting, then letting the roach go, who then runs away with him chasing it. My worst fear is him ingesting too much substrate while trying to get the roach as it runs away lol.
Re: what eats Discoid roaches (Blaberus discoidalis)?
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asplundii
Something that has not been brought up as roach eaters is other arthropods like tarantulas/scorpions/centipedes. I basically maintain a dubia colony for my daughter's AFT and the genic I inherited during my divorce.
Another option would be frogs/toads. I had a colony of waxy tree frogs for a while and they loved roaches. I imagine a White's would be large enough to eat discoids... A horned frog would eat them too...
You could always just raise them for no reason as well. I have a whole colony of Eublaberus sp. Ivory that I keep just because they are kinda cool
I forgot to mention frogs... yeah I got some whites ( a group of 5) and a couple pacman frogs once my colony was rolling. The whites can eat the small and medium juvie roaches, but not adults. The pacman frogs can eat the adults and large juvies but one of my pacman frogs has decided to not like them lol.
Also, forgot to mention my chameleon. Be aware though, they are high maintenance and need more than just roaches, so I wouldn't consider them a good option unless you already wanted a chameleon and are willing to supplement with other types of feeders.
