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A cautionary word about roaches
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[QUOTE="Franquixote, post: 2012793, member: 117382"] Hi all, 40 years of reptile experience, but since my last panther I am taking a break. Had 2 different kinds of roach colonies in NJ. Just wanted to say the panther was the first time I bred lots of roaches. I am very glad I literally accounted for every roach that went into the enclosure. A full 6 months after I rehomed the panther after 5 very difficult years of keeping him super healthy, the half dozen dubia and orange heads were still alive in the paper thin cracks of my triple sealed custom enclosure. I dehydrated it, and bug bombed it twice. Zero food in there. Temps were high 50's,low 60's They were very much alive and I brought one back from the brink. Never again. Had they escaped, absolutely would have survived in the house. To review :the roaches durvivrd months in a fully dehumidified enclisure with no source of food, low temps, and 2 roach specific poisonings a month apart. I kept them extremely healthy before feeding, gut loading is not the right term, they were raised on a diet of superfoods... But still, I would not have guessed they could survive. Survival isn't infestation, but no one wants their non-reptile loving family and friends to be surprised with giant roaches in the house. Similarly, we had literally TWO bbf escape, and 2 weeks later had maggots dropping from the laundry room drop ceiling, the flies were surviving on mouse droppings (I would guess most houses get a few rodents in the walls and ceilings). Crickets are probably the worst and most common offenders, a lesson I learned years ago and refuse to bring crickets into the house at all now. I am only posting this in the hopes that someone's hobby is not cut short because they are not vigilant about live feeders escaping. Though it may be cruel, if you are not going to account for every feeder that goes in, do yourself a favor and hobble any live feeders you plan on leaving, or remove them immediately if not eaten. [/QUOTE]
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