Good feeder insect in addition to cricket?

[Crystal6]

I live in the USA. I read I can't have locust here due to their plague like capabilities.

I probably COULD breed grasshoppers hypothetically but they sounds a little difficult due to their tendency to jump up very high and possibly hurt themselves in the process by hitting their heads on the top of the cage. (I also don't understand fully how they breed. Perhaps I've never seen a female grasshopper or I just didn't notice the tail-like thing they have.)

So if I were to go through all that effort of capturing the grasshoppers and breeding them and such, I'd have to know if they're much better then crickets or if the difference is only slight. (Once again I just want to make sure it has a complete diet. If they'll be okay with just crickets I guess I'll just do that.)

[Kevin1]

Also the cockroach species listed is the american cockroach.
Not many people use them as feeders.
And I imagine different species have different nutritional values.
Not to mention roaches are a much better feeder insect if your gutloading.
Good luck finding your insect.

[cgpetey21]

How big is the risk of escaping cockroaches? Are all species of cockroaches as adaptable as the american cockroach (or whatever kind of cockroach does so well in US)?

I guess what I'm really asking is this: If I use cockroaches as feeders, will my house be infested with cockroaches? Obviously, this would be less than ideal.

[John]

There are cockroaches and cockroaches. As far as I'm aware, there is only one species of cricket sold in the US as a feeder, 2 species in Europe and I'm not sure elsewhere. There are many different types of cockroach, with variations on the nutrition info you've posted and different chitin:meat ratios. Unlike crickets, it's hard to pigeon-hole cockroaches, not to mention that I doubt anyone would feed an American cockroach to their pet.

[Crystal6]

There are cockroaches and cockroaches. As far as I'm aware, there is only one species of cricket sold in the US as a feeder, 2 species in Europe and I'm not sure elsewhere. There are many different types of cockroach, with variations on the nutrition info you've posted and different chitin:meat ratios. Unlike crickets, it's hard to pigeon-hole cockroaches, not to mention that I doubt anyone would feed an American cockroach to their pet.

In that case it would be hard to shop for a good companion to the crickets. (Speaking foodwise not habitat wise) Unless someone had the nutritional values written in bold print on their sign. XD

So my question now becomes...Is it safe to raise a frog only on crickets provided they have calcium supplement and the gut load first?

[Kurt]

The simple answer is yes.

[Tom Highum]

Also cockroaches like dubias cannot climb glass so with them there is usually not quite the risk of an infestation.