i want to start a roach colony...

[Djliggett1]

i have one male beardie... hes bout 4-5 months old and is going through crix like crazy ..... i want to know wat r the best roaches to feed... if anyone knows theyre nutrition value.... and how many id need along with all the stuff to make the colony.... will i ever have to buy feeders again after this?? and is there an impaction risk to feeding him these feeders?? also my beardie is only 6 1/2 inches long mainly because his tale was bitten off, his body itself is about 4 1/2....

 

[ikkie78]

Hi...I'm going to be starting a roach colony also...the two best suppliers that I've found here are theroachguy.com and bestroach.com. Dubia roaches are very popular among the people here that breed roaches but there are other roaches available to you also. I don't know the exact nutrition values of each roach but I know you can probably do a search on here and find a lot of information. I do know they are a lot more nutritious than crickets...plus they don't smell or make noise!!!

 

[clear]

One adult female roach on avg has 20-30 babies a month, depending on species. The popular roaches are, dubia, discoids, lobsters and lateralis. I really hate lobsters because they stink and climb. Lateralis is the size of crickets, are super fast, breed fast, little smell and dont climb or fly. Dubia and discoids are about the same except color's and sizes, they breed sorta slow but once you get a colony going and you dont feed off the females they reproduce fast. If you live in FL the only 2 roaches that are legal and most people will ship are craniifer's and discoid's

Chris

 

[fresnowitte]

I don't know the exact nutrition values of each roach but I know you can probably do a search on here and find a lot of information. I do know they are a lot more nutritious than crickets...plus they don't smell or make noise!!!

http://www.feedersinc.com/insect-comparison/
I have 9 beardies so the Turks are what worked best for me as I needed a faster producing roach.
Sure they gave me the heebie jeebies at first, but they really aren't that bad an once you see how much money roaches will save you you'll be shocked, I was. :wink: And my beardies just love them.

 

[ikkie78]

Thanks Barbara...I knew I saw that nutrition chart somewhere before but I couldn't remember the link to where it was! Helps me out because I was looking for it too!

 

[fresnowitte]

Your Welcome!
I was surprized that Clear didn't post it.

 

[ikkie78]

I saw it about 100 times before but once I was looking for it I couldn't find it anywhere! haha! Now I have it saved so though!

 

[fresnowitte]

I saw it about 100 times before but once I was looking for it I couldn't find it anywhere

That's usually the way it goes. :wink: