MOTW - Jul 15 - Jul 21 2012 - JeffreH

[Heatheranne]

Great pictures! I'm not a snake person...I've always had a bit of a fear of anything with no legs, except worms, lol! Yours are so pretty. My daughter would love them . Adorable kittens! Love the pic of you and your honey .

So, as the roach man, do tell... Can I feed my dubias strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, green mellons, grapes, etc.? I feed mine fluker's cricket water gel, fluker's calcium fortified cricket food, oranges, clementines, apples, cheerios, and occasionally potatoes. Thanks!

How many roaches do you have in your colonies?

[JeffreH]

Thanks Amanda! It was nice getting to know you as well in your MOTW thread = )

David I'm not going to lie, seeing Kangaroos in my backyard would be awesome I get the occasional deer where I live but nothing too fancy as far as wildlife goes, lol. Thank you for the kind words man!

@Heather - just to clarify, she is mi madre ; )

You can feed your roaches all of those things! It sounds like you are on the right track. I'm personally not as fond of Fluker Farms due to some problems in the past with animals under their care... puppy mill breeding and a general disregard for iguana well-being, but that is mostly a personal bias. I tend to prefer feeding a variety of dry gutload items such as quality dog and cat kibble, fish food, chick starter (non-medicated) and baby cereals. I also prefer to buy water crystals dry online because it is MUCH cheaper than buying gel from a store = ) But they will get much of their hydration needs and additional gutload benefit from the variety of veggies you plan to offer. If you want a pretty comprehensive info guide on raising roaches, I made a thread here:
http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...r-roaches.html

How many roaches do I have in my colonies? TOO MANY. The sad part is I used to have more than this...

I'd say about 30,000 B. dubia.... 15-20,000 B. lateralis, about 10,000 E. posticus.... 2000 lobsters....500 discoids...20 ish A. tesselata... 150 E. javanica... about 50 hissers...30 Blaberus craniifer and few gyna lurida. I may be forgetting someone ; )

[NatureLady]

I would NEVER suggest Flunker farms, worst live cricket's I have ever ordered!!!!

My question for you is...how many dubia's to start a colony for 3 treefrogs...and then a whole nature center that consumes 1000plus crickets every 2 weeks? Any quesses? I am pushing my bosses into purchasing me enough to start feeding something other then crickets at work as well. Any help (other then your great article) would be helpful!

[KingCam]

Really enjoyed your bio & photos, Jeff. Your bio reminded me of myself, so much so that it scared me XD

We can be the guys that stand and watch everyone else skydive, because I am also petrified of heights, haha