Quote Originally Posted by demon amphibians View Post
It is quick easy method but if you don't have many then moving by hand may be a better option. You don't want to much disruption in your colony. Good move.

The lag time between berth is 2 months before they will berth again. One month from berth until they will even breed again, and one month to develop the young. This time may vary between 6-8 weeks but closer to 8 weeks is more accurate. I once read on the LLL reptile sight that stated 20 females will berth 500 a month. This is very inaccurate. It will be closer to 600 every two months. I am figuring it was just a sales pitch. If you are seeing 500 a month with 20 females i would love for anyone to let me now this secret.

I have never had a roach try to protect its young that is very interesting. But then again i have never attempted to remove babies just after berth.
Yeah the people I won them from usually sell them with the claim that the 35 are capable of producing 600/month, I believe. But I don't believe it. 360-400 maybe, if it goes on like it has. So tho I still have pregnant females, (they molted at different times, over a few week period, and the last to mature was a female), I should expect that 1st one to give another litter and the process to begin again in about 6 wks. I wasn't sure, cuz the males seem to be trying to court the girls who aren't pregnant, but they may just be hanging out together. Those poor guys. I did notice that once everyone was pregnant, they all seemed to hang around together. Not fighting, but if I'd lift something up on one side of tank, there'd just be a bunch of guys there. And now there are little baby guys. Guess they have nothing to do now.

The 1st litter (dunno what else to call it), was March 1st, and within 24hrs, I was trying to remove them, as they were all together so I thought it'd be easy. But there were 4 ladies on that egg crate and they didn't want to let go. Particularly one, who wouldn't run scared, just held on tightly and dug deeper into the babies. They weren't even that new, and I've seen newly born white nymphs running around free with their brothers and sisters still eating their casing.. So, yeah, it was weird, and I felt bad. But part of it I'm sure was me, and how I interpreted it.

Thanks for the info.