Monkeykungphu
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I'm posting to plead the case for dubia roaches to the people who are scared of them & are still buying crickets. If you're a kid & you're parents are totally against the idea of roaches, have them read this! The only thing that I can think of, that could possibly be a disadvantage of keeping dubia roaches over crickets, is the fact that roaches get a bad reputation. They've always been known as filthy, disgusting bugs that are scratchy & can sometimes fly! If you're taking care of them, you know where it's been & what it's eaten, they can not bite, poison, sting or hurt you in any way. I wouldn't try sticking them in your nose or anything, that probably wouldn't turn out very well. :shock:
The following is an awesome bullet point list of dubia to cricket advantages:
* Roaches don't make any NOISE!! This is probably the biggest seller for me, even better than the cleanliness. Nothing worse than losing a whole nights sleep over one little cricket that you can't find!!!
* They reproduce way easier than crickets. The one draw back is time, plan ahead & you'll have roaches a plenty! Which I know you are looking forward to!!! :lol:
* From what I've read, they will not survive away from their heat source & food in tank. Dubias are very tropical bugs, & unlike typical house roaches, need a lot of heat in order to live healthy & reproduce. (you will need a heat source when keeping them) I have yet to lose one, so I couldn't not personally verify this one. (*******EDIT: please see post below from some people who have claimed to have breed dubias at room temperature*****)
* They're way tougher than crickets. Crickets die if you look at them wrong. I'm always finding a few dead crickets hear & there. I think I had one roach die on me this month of old age. :mrgreen:
* The meat to exoskeleton ratio is higher on the roaches than on the crickets.
* Like white men, Roaches Can't Jump! (it's a movie if you're too young to get it, ask your mommy/daddy...) They're also horrible climbers. However, like cricket babies, roach babies can sometimes climb corners of tanks because they're light, so always remember to place clear packing tape around the perimeter at the top of the tank. This will keep them from escaping, it's too slick to climb.
* They are on a different level of cleanliness than crickets. You'll have to clean their tank much less, replace the egg cartons/cardboard tubes much less, etc.
After a couple of months, this is my growing roach colony of about 500, when you look in the tank at least in the daytime, it looks like nothings in there. They mostly stay in a cluster in the middle of the egg grates near the bottom of the tub that sits on top of a heating pad (under the egg carton side). They typically feed at night.
Interesting that you can try to make a case to someone about them being better than crickets in so many ways & they usually say, "but it's a roach!" Then typically follow it up with a squeel like a little girl. :lol: If you are a little girl, it's ok, you should be afraid of roaches. If you're not... be a man!!! (or, a woman if you are one :mrgreen: ) Grab that roach & tell it "I'm not afraid of you roach!!! you can't hurt me!!!! you're not the boogie man I always thought you were!!!! ARrghahgha;elkgha;wkegaoihpcoixhpgoah!!!!!" And, you will the see the light, that little guy is your friend & he's the bearded's best meal he ever had.
Here's something that makes me go ewwwww... to the left is an egg carton that's been in the roach habitat for about a month, to the right is an egg carton that's been in my cricket tank of about 500 crickets for the same amount of time.
Nuff said! :mrgreen:
The following is an awesome bullet point list of dubia to cricket advantages:
* Roaches don't make any NOISE!! This is probably the biggest seller for me, even better than the cleanliness. Nothing worse than losing a whole nights sleep over one little cricket that you can't find!!!
* They reproduce way easier than crickets. The one draw back is time, plan ahead & you'll have roaches a plenty! Which I know you are looking forward to!!! :lol:
* From what I've read, they will not survive away from their heat source & food in tank. Dubias are very tropical bugs, & unlike typical house roaches, need a lot of heat in order to live healthy & reproduce. (you will need a heat source when keeping them) I have yet to lose one, so I couldn't not personally verify this one. (*******EDIT: please see post below from some people who have claimed to have breed dubias at room temperature*****)
* They're way tougher than crickets. Crickets die if you look at them wrong. I'm always finding a few dead crickets hear & there. I think I had one roach die on me this month of old age. :mrgreen:
* The meat to exoskeleton ratio is higher on the roaches than on the crickets.
* Like white men, Roaches Can't Jump! (it's a movie if you're too young to get it, ask your mommy/daddy...) They're also horrible climbers. However, like cricket babies, roach babies can sometimes climb corners of tanks because they're light, so always remember to place clear packing tape around the perimeter at the top of the tank. This will keep them from escaping, it's too slick to climb.
* They are on a different level of cleanliness than crickets. You'll have to clean their tank much less, replace the egg cartons/cardboard tubes much less, etc.
After a couple of months, this is my growing roach colony of about 500, when you look in the tank at least in the daytime, it looks like nothings in there. They mostly stay in a cluster in the middle of the egg grates near the bottom of the tub that sits on top of a heating pad (under the egg carton side). They typically feed at night.
Interesting that you can try to make a case to someone about them being better than crickets in so many ways & they usually say, "but it's a roach!" Then typically follow it up with a squeel like a little girl. :lol: If you are a little girl, it's ok, you should be afraid of roaches. If you're not... be a man!!! (or, a woman if you are one :mrgreen: ) Grab that roach & tell it "I'm not afraid of you roach!!! you can't hurt me!!!! you're not the boogie man I always thought you were!!!! ARrghahgha;elkgha;wkegaoihpcoixhpgoah!!!!!" And, you will the see the light, that little guy is your friend & he's the bearded's best meal he ever had.
Here's something that makes me go ewwwww... to the left is an egg carton that's been in the roach habitat for about a month, to the right is an egg carton that's been in my cricket tank of about 500 crickets for the same amount of time.
Nuff said! :mrgreen:
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