Lobster Roaches vs. Dubia...

[ses2682]

I bought a small colony of Dubia roaches from another beardie person from craigslist. I am so happy to hopefully get going on breeding my own dubia roaches for Leroy to enjoy. I also bought some lobster roaches from the same person as well, needless to say I am just feeding the lobsters until my Dubia get to making more babies.
I personally don't like the lobster roaches at all..I did think about breeding them as well...but I have decided I like the Dubias so much better. The lobsters are so much faster and it is really annoying to me to have to worry about them running up the glass of the viv...plus they are just more creepy to me than dubias....

does anyone like Lobster roaches better than dubia? Just wondered if I am missing some wonderful quality of the lobsters...( besides the fact they apparently breed faster than the dubia)

 

[richkc]

Stick with the dubia! easy to look after, crap climbers and really good for ur bd!!!

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

I use turks and dubia. neither climb..lol

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Turks or dubias!

 

[Theroachguy]

dubia all the way here, a way to help you with that speed problem with the lobster is to get what you need for feeding place in a container with a lid pop in freezer for about 5 mins and those little suckers are like snails..... of course when they warm up they willl run fast again so feed what your dragon will eat and your good to go.

 

[Momto3boys]

Turks can't climb??

They're really fast though, right? hmmmmmmm tell me more about Turks, haha

 

[Momto3boys]

So I've been reading some carsheets on Turks......they seem to be cool little roaches as well, hmmmm :love5:

 

[ArchiesFamily]

My problem with the turks is that they emit an odor when you are trying to catch them. It's foul, but I do have a sensitive nose. My, then 10 year old son, would be sent out to the detached garage (more on that in a minute) and would come back hating them because they would stink and let loose a goo for defense. We kept them in the garage because those suckers are F.A.S.T if they ever escaped. They had ZERO problem existing out there in the heat; bred like crazy.

We use dubias now. Nice, gentle, non-smelly (unless they breed out of control and become too crowded - see my signature), low-maintenance, meat-rocks.

 

[Momto3boys]

Ewwwww I don't like stinky things !!!