We have a colony of lobster roaches for my beardie. I think we started with 40?? or so roaches, and now I'm guessing we have a thousand or more!!! Ours are in a large tub setup (very inexpensive) with a heat mat on a dimmer and a huge sponge affixed to the inside of the lid for humidity. Lots of egg crates. For substrate we use wheat grain (I think? I have to double check when I get home), which we picked up at a local feed store. $30 for 50lbs if I remember correctly. We feed them a mix of left over fruits & veggies and dog food. They reproduce fairly rapidly. Mine don't smell, at least not that I have noticed. Only bad thing with the lobsters is that they can climb the sides of the tub. We put vaseline around the top 4-6 inches of the tub, and haven't had an escapee yet.
Doobie seem to love them
*edit* forgot something... I haven't heard a peep out of them either.
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