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Also try putting a post on your local CL. Since supers cost so much at the petstores and less online you could even flip the extra for some profit.

Interesting about the minis. I know that Giant mealworms are actually still Tenebrio molitor that have been treated with a hormone causing them to resist pupation, resulting in a longer larvae stage and more time to grow. So they are actually the same sp. just altered. Tenebrio obscurus is the...

First and foremost I have never used Phoenix worms. I have two dragons and a wide variety of other creatures with very specialized diets. I raise several species of feeders for my little ones. Here's my thought. The space between the eyes suggestion is a guideline, not a rule. That means...

I have heard of egg shells being used as a calcium supplement before. I have never tried it. Keep googling it.

Roaches do not have a righting mechanism. If you have pest roaches in your home they will often appear dead upside down in places like a clean kitchen floor. Roaches rely on things in their environment that they can latch on to on the ground in order to flip themselves. Given a perfectly...

Here's the deal on roaches. Roaches have so little genetic variation compared to humans that they do not suffer from inbreeding. Their DNA is much stronger than other animals in this respect and they do not suffer from inbreeding. In some roach colonies you may notice smaller adults and this...

Sorry I didn't see your post I haven't been on in a while. Good luck with the discoids. I like mine for larger animals. Discoids are good to go I cleared mine with dept. agriculture. If you want something smaller and softer (lobsters) let me know. I'm in FL too.

I started with discoids, tried some dubia and now keep lobsters and discoids. When I was growing up I was always freaked out by the german cockroaches we "raised" in our cupboard and behind the frig (shudder). As I've kept them longer and longer I've begun to appreciate them outside of...

One method that helps with this separation is keeping your roaches in large buckets. Stack one bucket inside of another. cut the bottom of the top bucket out and put in mesh or hardware cloth (wire fencing) that has 1/4" or 1/2" holes. The adults will be at the top and the young will fall...

Here's my two cents. Armstrong Crickets was selling 1K for 20.5 shipping included but the last two batches I got from them were crawling with some kind of beetle larvae that has since infested my house. I've been vastly overcounted before by them and other times I've been undercounted. They...

I know a lot of people who run into this problem and the cause is usually the same. Dubia have a gestation period of 30 days or so then they give birth to 30 little nymphs as I'm sure you know. After this first birth they can become pregnant again anywhere from 30-45 days followed by the 30...

I'm expecting a full compliment of pacman tadpoles in the near future and was wondering if anyone has interest in them either as tadpoles or once they've become frogs. She could lay between 300 and 2K, and my original thought was to sell them local but I doubt the local market could absorb that...

Ya Im in Pensacola. I was living in Hawaii for a few years. There things are seriously restricted. No roaches no snakes, only some lizards and frogs. ya let them know for sure. Discoidalis is a good breed. Then again if they are looking for other things they are already in FL too if...

Blaberus discoidalis are entirely legal in the state of FL. Most shipping sites do not say so because they are doing a blanket ban, but call FL dept. of agriculture and talk to some of their entomologists. They're mostly concerned about dubia, turks, and some others. They gave me the green...

I'm assuming you are starting a colony of roaches and not borg. lol It is very easy to start and maintain a roach colony and it will save you tons in the long run. There are several options out there. The heavy hitters IMO are Dubia, Discoidalis, and the lobster roach. Dubia have a faster...

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents. I don't use cable or heating pad because I'm slightly scared of a melt through, but more just because I already have so much lamp equipment on hand and don't want to buy anything. So all of my bins just get hit up with a light when necessary. It's also...

Ya I've heard they are pigs. Right now I'm raising lobster roaches which are a great size for the young beardie and then when he gets bigger I'll switch to blaberus discoidalis which can hit 2.5"+ long and ridiculously plump. I feel well prepared. If it gets out of hand I have a buddy with...

Well my first post was actually in the enclosure section but I figured I'd throw it in here too. I'm a huge animal lover, right now I have three dogs, two cats, a frog, 12 tarantulas and a host of roaches. Beardie is next on the list thanks to a generous friend. Looking forward to a beardie a...

Pet stores have got to be the single worst source of information. I always see tarantulas that are labeled incorrectly, sometimes to the stores loss. They almost never care for their tarantulas right and it doesn't look like the do for most of their pets. One store was telling people that...

Well thanks a lot. It's good to hear about the substrate and bulb choices. I COMPLETELY agree with what you said about it being nice to see someone researching beforehand. I know a lot of people that will pop up and say that they just got a burmese python and can it live in a 20L or they...