Anyone in UK selling any dubia roaches?

[Nickthegreek]

Preferably enough to start my own colony, similar to the "breeding packs" sold here:

http://www.roachcolony.com/breeding-pack---small-12-p.asp

I think £46 is a little steep, am I wrong?

Thanks

 

[Ste]

hey man, i doubt you'd find them cheaper than that. They are pretty hard to find over here so they are always a bit pricey. I use www.roachcolony.com though and they are really good. Always well packaged and fairly quick delivery.

 

[catUK]

This site has a starter pack for £30 but there are not as many roaches as the site you listed http://www.livefoodsbypost.co.uk/dubia-roach-starter-colony-breed-your-own-livefood-4639-p.asp

 

[Ste]

You just got to make sure that the large ones in that colony are adult roaches and not just large roaches if that makes sense. On the roachcolony website he makes says there are 20 adult females and 10 males which is important to keep at least a 2/1 ratio of females to males (preferably 3/1) where on the other site they may just give 50 random adults. I obviously dont know this for sure and i dont want to try to give any websites a bad name, but i do know for sure that the guy from roach colony specializes in roaches, he doesnt handle any other live foods so he knows exactly what hes doing with them. And he is pretty helpful to if you email him with any questions, iv dealt with him a few times.

I want to start a colony but the girlfriend wont let me. So i just buy 200 mediums every 3 weeks and keep them in a small fish tank but thats like £30 a go :s