what do you feed your FBT?

[KingCam]

Dude, why do you have some many different species? o_O

I thought you only had like 3 or 4 different kinds.. 8 species, are you sure you're not a roach collector?

There's something wrong with me, that's the only explanation I can give as to why I have 8 species of roach. XD

[Heatheranne]

Lol! Nah...we all like frogs. You just happen to like bugs too .

[Faith]

They are! None of mine are adults yet (the culture is brand new), but from what I understand they get huge, and have an awesome pattern on their heads & wings.

Here is a photo I found on google images of an adult Blaberus (Death Head) Hybrid:

Those look so cool! I would have a blast tormenting my husband with them. I mean...raising them. (Yes, a recurring pattern for me is harassing him :P)

[Faith]

I have to agree, Faith. Roaches are super easy to care for. They do not stink, do not bite, and after your colony gets going they're free .

You can feed them just about any fruit or veggie (except tomatoes), fish food, cereal, cat food...they're like little garbage disposals, ha ha! And they rarely leave scraps to clean up. They're great!

I was pretty freaked out by them when I first got them and would only pick them up with tongs or a baggie. Now I just pick them up .

I like that free part, lol. Talked it over with Mike, he's game for it. Gonna wait til the next paycheck to get everything needed and see about ordering some!

I wanted to ask (as I saw no tomatoes for frogs either) - what is it that causes problems with feeding them that? The acidity or something else? (I wanna know purely for info purposes.)

[Heatheranne]

We'll have to ask KingCam what actually would happen. I just steer away from them. I'm sure he'll have the answer.

[KingCam]

I was actually unaware of the no tomato thing. I've given then to my roaches before. The tomatoes weren't really favored by the roaches, so I don't give it to them anymore.

Faith, if you want lobster roaches I can help you out. If you want dubia you'll have to order them from someone else, I don't have enough to give them away.



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[badkelpie]

If you're going to get roaches for fire bellied toads, the lobsters are the best choice, followed by lateralis (turkistans, red racers). I have never had luck getting frogs to eat Dubias. Lobsters are instant favorites, though.

[adinco]

cam, how much would it cost to ship some lobster ones from you to georgia? I'm thinking we want some. i'm so sick of half my crickets dying on me before they cna be used.

[KingCam]

cam, how much would it cost to ship some lobster ones from you to georgia? I'm thinking we want some. i'm so sick of half my crickets dying on me before they cna be used.

Well I'd imagine 2-day shipping would be acceptable. I dunno, I'll just have to check UPS for rates. PM your zipcode and stuff.

[adinco]

I have to tell everyone, my frogs are so much healthier since I switched to roaches! I've only been feeding them roaches for like 2 weeks and there's a huge difference already. amazing! go get roaches people! I loathe roaches and they already don't freak me out nearly as much as they did, though I refuse to touch them.

[KingCam]

I have to tell everyone, my frogs are so much healthier since I switched to roaches! I've only been feeding them roaches for like 2 weeks and there's a huge difference already. amazing! go get roaches people! I loathe roaches and they already don't freak me out nearly as much as they did, though I refuse to touch them.

This makes me smile

[Heatheranne]

Haha! Took me a while to get used to them too. You'll be able to pick them up in no time, lol!

They sure beat stinky crickets. Though, I still use both for my frogs.

[crossfrog]

flies

[ToadTee]

I usually feed my lil toads crickets with the occassional worm meal for treat. After reading this thread I tried out roaches, as the exotic pet store up close to where I work has them. I had never seen roaches that looked like this and apparently after doing a little googling I found out they are dubia roaches. Anyway my wee ones pounced on them and munched them no problem.

I may have to look into cultivating them as well.
This was very educational.