Buckmaster299
Hatchling Member
Sorry I did not answer before. My phone was flipping out and I could not get it to let me type. I have been told that a roach is equivalent to about 2-4 crickets. I usually feed my juvie beardie about 6 small to medium roaches when I feed them to her. My larger beardie eats rolly 4-6 large roaches. The only problem I have with them is sometimes they don't move enough for my dragons to want them so i have to poke them with somethign to get them to move. LOL. As for starting out, I just went and bought i plastic tote from walmart and some window screen like you put on your home windows and a hot glue gun with glue sticks. I made sure that the inside walls of the container were smooth so they cannot climb out. Depending on the size of your colony you will need 1-8 egg crate flats. you can get these in plenty of places. I had a local resturant save them for me and I would go pick them up twice a week. Starter kits can be good but you can start your own and make it last.
My suggestions for you: if you have a plastic tote and a heating pad then you are well on your way to breeding. Get you some dog food, crush it up, i even throw in cheerios or some sort of ceral in there just to liven the chow up. They go nuts over it when I feed it to them. They actually fight over the cheerios when i throw them in the food section of the tote. Water crystals are important. Get you some oranges, they are good for them I hear. As your colony will grow you will notice that food is gone quicker. I started off only having to feed once a week and now I'm feeding 2 times a week. Oh, I almost forgot, make sure you have a thermometer in the tote to monitor temperature. I keep mine in the 80's and my population has exploded since I first started. I hope that all of this helps. If you have questions please feel free to ask and I will help you as much as I can. Everyone else, please chime in if I am missing anything or saying something wrong. I am just saying what is working for me.
My suggestions for you: if you have a plastic tote and a heating pad then you are well on your way to breeding. Get you some dog food, crush it up, i even throw in cheerios or some sort of ceral in there just to liven the chow up. They go nuts over it when I feed it to them. They actually fight over the cheerios when i throw them in the food section of the tote. Water crystals are important. Get you some oranges, they are good for them I hear. As your colony will grow you will notice that food is gone quicker. I started off only having to feed once a week and now I'm feeding 2 times a week. Oh, I almost forgot, make sure you have a thermometer in the tote to monitor temperature. I keep mine in the 80's and my population has exploded since I first started. I hope that all of this helps. If you have questions please feel free to ask and I will help you as much as I can. Everyone else, please chime in if I am missing anything or saying something wrong. I am just saying what is working for me.