Roach breeding.

[Truffs1178]

Ill give them oranges more regularly now I know it does work. What else have you noticed that can incrrase breeding.

[demon amphibians]

Have i mentioned a no protein diet? This is by far the biggest factor i have come across. I went from getting 10,000 babies every two months to well over 40,000 after switching them to a pure vegetarian diet. sorry i may have already mentioned this in this thread already its getting pretty long. ha ha.

[Truffs1178]

Have i mentioned a no protein diet? This is by far the biggest factor i have come across. I went from getting 10,000 babies every two months to well over 40,000 after switching them to a pure vegetarian diet. sorry i may have already mentioned this in this thread already its getting pretty long. ha ha.

40000!!! I feed them dog food so do you recommend stopping that? Poison already told me not to but I wasn't sure. What is everything you feed them? Could you make a list if that's not too much to ask? I really want to get 40000 every two months to.

[demon amphibians]

40000!!! I feed them dog food so do you recommend stopping that? Poison already told me not to but I wasn't sure. What is everything you feed them? Could you make a list if that's not too much to ask? I really want to get 40000 every two months to.

Yes and my random death count has also reduced 10X what i had before i stopped feeding dog food. I did a very detailed experiment and the difference was indisputable. Jeff one of the mods on this site also gave me very helpful information on the subject which lead me to my experiments. Many breeders i have met in person dispute my argument by saying protein is essential for reproduction but i let them think that because my breeding is 4x what they are getting so i can mark my prices much lower making me the unbeatable competition when i sell. ha ha so lets keep this secret for us frog peeps. lol
I make a blend of carrots, romaine lettuce. broccoli stems, cilantro stems, and steamed rice, when i blend them all together i use organic oats to turn the mixture into a paste so to speak. I tell you what they love this wet diet. You may also give them corn flakes and cheerios or just plain oats as a dry food. No animal product what so ever. Then of course I also feed oranges and apples. watermelon has a low nutritional value but the moisture it is worth using not to mention the roaches love the sugar. I use all these veggies whole not blended as well. they will eat just about anything. Just remember in nature they eat from forest floors such as leaves other small plans and even wood. so any produce you give them from your fridge is going to be more then enough nutrition. no need to be picky.
my breeding colony is around 1500 adult females last time i counted was 2 months ago. so of course my number of babies is going to be through the roof. I started with 1,000 and about 13 months later i had over 100,000 ish no way to really count i am sure i have much more then that. you have to be patient with them but when you keep them vegetarians and give them the right humidity, temps, and plenty of dark space they will breed endlessly in no time.

[Truffs1178]

What type of roach did you experiment with?

Also what types of roaches do you breed?

[demon amphibians]

I have bred lobster and dubia, I conducted the experiments on the dubia. Jeff posted some very interesting information showing the many similarities of all species of roaches and their needs. so the protein does not only influence Dubia but more then likely all species. when i start my different species i will conduct the same studies on them and figure out if Jeffs info is true, which so far has been. Poison breeds many different species so he may have much more info on them then i do.

[Truffs1178]

Try Madagascar Hissers next. I breed them aswell as Turkistan, Lobster and Dubia.

[Cap10Squirty]

With gravid hissers and dubia you can see white flesh on their sides.

Daniel, are any of your Madagascar hissers reaching 3"?

*Edit* I guess I should ask this to Jack as well since you breed Hissers.

[MatthewM1]

I make a blend of carrots, romaine lettuce. broccoli stems, cilantro stems, and steamed rice, when i blend them all together i use organic oats to turn the mixture into a paste so to speak.

Does this hold up well in the fridge/freezer?

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[demon amphibians]

Does this hold up well in the fridge/freezer?

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yes i make a weeks worth and it does just fine in the fridge. but remember i have a lot of roaches. they will eat at least 8 lbs of food in one week. so this stuff doesn't stick around long. I wouldnt exceed a week storage in the fridge just to be on the safe side.

[Truffs1178]

What do the Red Runner egg cases look like. I found this in their tank but am not sure what it is.

[poison]

Thats an egg case

[Truffs1178]

Good they're breeding. Hard to believe about 30 babies can come out of that tiny thing.

[JeffreH]

The babies are very tiny... the oothecae usually tend to be more elongate than what you have pictured but I think what you are holding probably is an egg case.

[Truffs1178]

So do you think it will still hatch?

[JeffreH]

I'm not sure. Keep it around and see what happens! The good news is more ooths are sure to follow, so you will have your babies soon enough even if it doesn't hatch out.

[Truffs1178]

I used a blender and made a mix of oranges, romain lettuce and bread. It was the most disgusting thing ever. What else could I add to help the roaches breed and give them more nutrients?

[demon amphibians]

I used a blender and made a mix of oranges, romain lettuce and bread. It was the most disgusting thing ever. What else could I add to help the roaches breed and give them more nutrients?

I would feed bread speratly not blended. but you can use banna's, oats,any green leave like kale, callards, broclli, carrots. they love all this stuff.

[Cap10Squirty]

I would feed bread speratly not blended. but you can use banna's, oats,any green leave like kale, callards, broclli, carrots. they love all this stuff.

I blended up carrots and squash and added enough oats to make a thick paste as described above and I do not think my dubia roaches are taking to it as readily as their dry food mix. I'll check later today to see if anymore of it has been eaten. I too am going to try to switch my roaches to a vegetarian diet.

[sajane]

i noticed the dubias do not smell anymore since i stopped feeding cat food....