My Roach Colonies (Video)

[turbosteve]

Instead of taking a bunch of pics I made a quick vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ypXFv7qv1Y

I have to move the dubia from the green bin and the hissers from the grey bin into large blue bins like the discoids. That will be done this weekend along with cleaning and maybe some seperating.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Fogles]

wow nice colonies dude, huge colonies.

My dubai colonie isn't too big but it's getting there.
lol.

 

[Ihaggerty1313]

Nice job Steve! You already know this since you own some but until you get your first look at a Madagascar Hisser up close, most people have no clue how impressive they are. And picking one up and feeling its grip seals the deal on that thought!

 

[turbosteve]

Thanks Ian! I plan to toss another 1k mixed dubia in as well in the next couple weeks just for good measure. My dragons are eatin 4-8ea/day @ 8 dragons (2 beardies, 4 frillies) means I need to produce a lot of roaches lol. And I'm a HUGE fan of the hissers!! I started out with 1.2 and 1.1 but the males fought to the death leaving me with 1.3. It was quite interesting to watch the lil guys battle. I tossed in the extra 10.50 though to ensure a nice lil colony. I leave the discoids and dubia mostly alone other then to feed but I find myself handling the hissers almost daily as they are just soo neat. If anyone has had a chance to handle a hisser but hasn't, I strongly suggest you suck it up and do it! lol People are always fascinated with the roaches and once they get past the "ewww" factor often find them enjoying the "neat" factor.

Cheers!