Just give it a try and see what works best for you. I am not saying what I do works for everyone. But I can give tips n trips through out your journey.
If they are eating and you are seeing babies then what you are doing is working. :wink:Sauzo":y4d2tzrd said:Sounds good. I'm more than open to any suggestions or tips as this is my first colony and it started very rough as you can read from a few of my posts. I think the ones that have survived are doing ok now. They eat good, I've been seeing babies but all together I think I lost 1/4 of the colony in shipping which has left me with about 40 adult females, 5 adult males, 40 large nymphs and a handful of smaller nymphs Now it's time to bolster what I got left with some fresh blood and hopefully get em taking off since Harley gobbles down about 1000 dubias a month :shock: :lol:
yes yes they do but i don't want to cause the deaths.unkempt1":1dviu93n said:Two words: Roaches die.
Sauzo":3rdwlp3j said:Let us know how those Miracle Gro crystals work cause I was thinking of buying a bag of those from Home Depot. Also for my breeders and feeders, I feed them both a local made starter chick mash from a granary in my area. It's called Scratch and Peck. It's naturally grown and corn and soybean free with 21% protein. The roaches seem to love it and since I started feeding them that, the breeders that I had a rough time with seem to have improved and are much more active and alert. I personally think the supplier I got my starter kit from kinda neglected the roaches cause they looked pretty rough. Kinda torn up and "ragged" looking. the ones that lived are much fatter, active, alert and I've noticed a bunch of babies now. just my 2 cents for that brand of chicken mash. Anyways, definitely let us know how those crystals work out though since i'm curious. Oh and of course they all get stuff like collard greens, dandelion greens, squashes, red and green leaf lettuce and left over fruits like apple cores and stuff. The breeders I also toss in an orange here and there to get em revved up. And boy does it rev them up. You can hear em run all over the egg crates after a night of oranges haha. :lol: