How To: Clean a Roach Colony

[KingCam]

Hey Cam, I just wanted to tell you something that works for my crickets that stops them from climbing. I tried vaseline and it's such a big mess and I did not like it, seeing as some of them even climbed on that too.. so then I tried "Scotch Moving and Storage Packaging Tape and that works great, stops the crickets from climbing. It's super smooth and doesn't make a mess.

Now, I don't know if this will work for roaches but it stops 1/4" crickets which are known to be good climbers, just thought I'd let you know figured you could give it a try.

Thank you for the tip! That would work with some species of roaches which are only moderately good climbers, but it wouldn't stop something like a lobster roach. They can climb upside down on glass!

[JeffreH]

Hey Cam,

While lobster roaches are a bit of a pain in the rear due to their ability to climb, I've found the easiest way to clean and sort roaches from frass (and by size) is to use 5 gallon buckets that each have varying sized holes drilled into them. I believe some of the details are in this thread:
http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...tml#post112361

I think you'll save time and prevent having to sacrifice any casualties to the cleaning cause if you employ the bucket sorting method while you are sorting roaches out to for cleaning. Naturally this works better with non-climbers, but it can work with lobsters with a little practice (I keep the lid on the buckets after dumping roaches and frass in).