Is Vaseline Dangerous to Amphibians?

[flybyferns]

but but but! That defeats the purpose of me breeding roaches to avoid paying outrageous prices for crickets at *shivers* petco. Just thinking about how many people are shopping there right now, paying 5x what things are actually worth, it makes me a little bit sick inside.

Cam,
Buy ? No buying !!!! (maybe the initial adults (large) crickets)
I have not purchased a cricket for more than 2 years !!
They are easy to breed. A cricket bin is like -hormonal 'mania' !
Imagine - one female cricket will lay 100 eggs. Lots of babies !!!!!

Lynn

[KingCam]

Cam,
Buy ? No buying !!!! (maybe the initial adults (large) crickets)
I have not purchased a cricket for more than 2 years !!
They are easy to breed. A cricket bin is like -hormonal 'mania' !
Imagine - one female cricket will lay 100 eggs. Lots of babies !!!!!

Lynn

nooooo thank you! I bred crickets several years ago. Their entire bin had to be cleaned every single week or it would smell like someone died. At least with the roaches I only have to clean their bins once every few months.

I'll just use my baby dubia roaches. They can't climb glass. I'll just have to step up breeding efforts (in other words; add lots of orange slices, increase their temperature, decrease light) with the dubias because I don't have nearly as many of them as I do the lobster roaches.

I might try breeding crickets again this summer, but if I do their bin is going to be on the back porch. Man those things stink!

[Ash]

I know this thread is a couple years old. However I have to tell about a Roach Barrier that works to prevent escapes as well as prevent invasive insects eg:spiders, mites gnats from entering It is SAFE and not toxic like vaseline or petroleum based gels. It Works To prevent melting & Running as well as too many applications of messy toxic petroleum laden Vaseline

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