Quote Originally Posted by yoshimi View Post
no prob. those are the people i got all of my dubia from. now i have to ship them off and i'm unsure of the best way to do it. i have one quart sized deli-cup and a bunch of pint sized ones. thinking of buying one or two more of the quarts from work tonight. they were sent to me all together in one, but they were smaller then, and i now have large nymphs and possibly a few new adults (definitely one new male). i want them to have room. i've got plenty of unused egg crate to stuff in there.

is it ok to ship males and females together, or should i separate them? just wondering if the males would fight if there were girls around in such a small space.
likely over-thinking it, but they have to go all the way to CA. i checked weather across country and at their destination and it won't be over 90 til sat. they'll likely be there thurs or fri, if i can get my act together and send them. i would just be so pissed and upset if my whole colony was destroyed through some dumb shipping error. heatheranne already warned me about shipping with moisture so i just haven't and every batch of babies i've sent have arrived safe and sound. hoping it goes the same for the adults!
a deli cup will be fine. as long as they are not over crowed they should be fine. shipping mixed sex's will also be fine. they wont do to much damage to each other, I have never seen a death result from males fighting each other. They mostly interupt breeding which you wont have much breeding while shipping anyway. Moisture is your biggest concern. ship with absolutly none. Also be sure to have ventilation in the shipping box as well as the deli cup. The more you ship the more ventalation you will need. I think your roaches will be fine.