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    how to prevent infestation

    hello bug breeders,
    something has always peaked my curiosity, how do you guys keep and breed roaches and not have an infestation? I have lived with roaches, we all know how small the babies are, and i can't imagine giving them air holes that they couldn't easily get out through and run amok through the house, and i assume you guys aren't taking advantage of their lack of need for oxygen. so how do you contain the hoard?

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    Vaseline is a lifesaver. I keep mine in Rubbermaid totes with airholes on the top and a 3inch smear of Vaseline along the top edges. Truth be told, I haven't reapplied it in a few months. I don't notice my babies crawling very much, it's usually my medium sized nymphs. That, and these aren't house roaches. They won't survive for very long. I recently found a huuuuge male that escaped (probably from my lizard's tank). He was very dead though

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    Re: how to prevent infestation

    so you don't feed the Asian roaches or any other roach family that infests the American household? that explains a lot. by the way your hognose if adorable.

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    Re: how to prevent infestation

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    so you don't feed the Asian roaches or any other roach family that infests the American household? that explains a lot. by the way your hognose if adorable.
    Thanks! I just deal with dubia roaches. I tried my hand at crickets, but they're such a pain. And noisy to boot.

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    Dubias are tropical and cannot breed if temperatures aren't high enough. That combined with their high humidity needs, inability to climb smooth surfaces and lack of flight causes any escapees to die off pretty easily when temperatures drop too low for survival.

    I see an occasional male out and about, but never need to worry about infestation because winter is very cold here. As long as my Geckos are pleased, so am I.
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    I have had hissers escape. I always find them near death. So I don't think they do well in houses in Virginian Climates.

    But I vastly prefer the dubias because they just can't climb in the first place.

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