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I need help, according to friends and family..
If my mom knew I'm actually taking care of cockroaches, she would have me committed!
Since Smeagol (Crested Gecko) likes his Dubias, I figured I'll make them as healthy as can be!
Those Dubias have a nice enclosure with good ventilation, I clean it every week, and they eat very well! On top of their roach chow they get carrots, potatoes, beets, greens, apples, oranges, bananas and other fruits and veggies.
Plus they get dusted with Calcium and VitD3 before being fed off.
You are what you eat, LOL! Smeagol loves to eat them in addition to his Crested Gecko food.
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Zina
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You’re such a great pet Mom. How can anyone fault you for that?
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Re: I need help, according to friends and family..
Zina
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry
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Hahaha, I guess I can see that.
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
Mack The Knife, 2013
Lizzy, 2010
Etta, 2013
1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
Esmarelda , 2014
Sundance, 2012
2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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I look forward to seeing that bin in a year lol. I started with a tiny colony of dubias myself for Harley. After a couple years, i ended up with with a 4 foot rubbermaid tub full of roaches. I had to sell off thousands of them on my local FB reptile site. If you give them some heat, food and water, they breed like...well....roaches lol.
Speaking of Orkin, be sure you dont use any kind of mite killer or anything in the room. Even a whiff of PAM will kill off your roaches lol.
And when your colony gets huge, its incredible how fast they can polish off food. When my colony was unchecked and huge, they would polish off 4-5 apples in about 30 mins lol. You would literally see a wave of roaches pour out of the egg crates and wash over the food. It was something from a horror movie lol.
They also LOVE bread and Alfalfa pellets. I soak a deli cup full of Alfalfa pellets to soften them up and dump them in the bin and they just go to town. Since you got horses, you probably got the pellets. I just buy 40 lb bags of it and it lasts about 6-8 months.
Last edited by Sauzo; 04-24-2018 at 09:37 PM.
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Re: I need help, according to friends and family..
Originally Posted by Sauzo
I look forward to seeing that bin in a year lol. I started with a tiny colony of dubias myself for Harley. After a couple years, i ended up with with a 4 foot rubbermaid tub full of roaches. I had to sell off thousands of them on my local FB reptile site. If you give them some heat, food and water, they breed like...well....roaches lol.
Speaking of Orkin, be sure you dont use any kind of mite killer or anything in the room. Even a whiff of PAM will kill off your roaches lol.
And when your colony gets huge, its incredible how fast they can polish off food. When my colony was unchecked and huge, they would polish off 4-5 apples in about 30 mins lol. You would literally see a wave of roaches pour out of the egg crates and wash over the food. It was something from a horror movie lol.
They also LOVE bread and Alfalfa pellets. I soak a deli cup full of Alfalfa pellets to soften them up and dump them in the bin and they just go to town. Since you got horses, you probably got the pellets. I just buy 40 lb bags of it and it lasts about 6-8 months.
I only have the one Crestie, LOL. I didn't plan on breeding the Dubias, but some of them are already to big for Smeagol, so I ignore them for now. Its not hot enough for them to breed, but it will be soon.
That's a great idea about the Alfalfa, those are healthy greens
I want to keep it small, so I can easily keep them clean and well fed. Smeagol enjoys them immensely, so I want them to be as healthy for him, as I can get them to be
They will be moved out of the house when the Orkin man comes by!
Zina
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It sounds like those roaches are getting much more love, care and nurturing than I am! lol Set me up a cozy little place with some food and water, ventilation and low humidity and i'm there, Zina!
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Re: I need help, according to friends and family..
Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus
It sounds like those roaches are getting much more love, care and nurturing than I am! lol Set me up a cozy little place with some food and water, ventilation and low humidity and i'm there, Zina!
Hm, does the enclosure have to be bio active ? LOL
Zina
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry
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Re: I need help, according to friends and family..
Let's just say it needs to be active...
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Re: I need help, according to friends and family..
It reminds me of when I use to keep arachnids, I found myself being a cricket farmer. Spent more time with them then I did the spiders and scorpions. Lmao, nice job as always young lady. Thanks for sharing.
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