what eats Discoid roaches (Blaberus discoidalis)?

[dakski]

so would a LG do well on roaches alone or do they need a varied diet? and LGs are fairly high maintenance, right? i definitely do not have the time for a Beardie.

An LG would do fine on roaches alone. I like to vary their diet, and my LG's were brought up on mealworms, so they still love them. Even you used roaches as a staple, and occasionally gave something else, like a treat such as phoenix worms or wax worms, that would be fine. I would try to get an LG that already eats roaches, so you do not have to entice them/switch them to roaches. My LG's converted pretty easily though. However, they were established when I switched.

The most important thing with insectivores and omnivores, if you didn't know (and sorry if you did, but others might not know), is a robust diet for the feeder insects and proper supplementation.

More important that the feeder roaches have a varied and fully complete nutritional diet than that the LG has a varied diet. Also, with LG's you need to supplement calcium with D3 regularly (3-4X a week or almost every feeding), and a multivitamin 1-2X a week. They do not need UVB to absorb their calcium though.

I feed all sorts of different "feeder food" to gutload the roaches and mealworms.

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The above links should help.

I think LG's are very low maintenance, except that they need to be fed regularly and live food.

Basic heating requirements (similar to a BP), do not need high humidity, tolerate handling, come in many beautiful morphs, and even (usually) poop in the same spot.

Also, they do not need a big setup. A 10-20 gallon would be fine for life. I like bigger, and my guys are in 3X2's (read my thread), but a 20G is like a mansion for an LG. I just fine controlling the environment and husbandry is easier in larger tanks (and enclosed tanks - not glass).