are they..?

[snakedude_03]

are madagascar hissing cockroaches illegal? i have heard of them being illegal because they are roaches which are pests or something and they are illegal to keep or something.. so are they illegal?:confused:

[beyowulf]

I don't know the answer to that, but if you find out, let me know. A friend of mine in Ottawa has a pair of them and they are SO COOL!!! I saw them for sale at www.tailsnteeth.com for like $10 (in the invertebrates section).

[SilverTongue]

I know I am sounding a biased as a snake hater but I have to ask.....What is so cool about a roach???:grab:

[snakedude_03]

they are pretty cool.. they look pretty cool.. they are like HUGE... also.. people have them as feeders too.. people breed them and feed them to their pets...

[SilverTongue]

Ahh ok I can see them serving as a purpose :) I am biased I guess cuz when I was a kid we stayed on the military base for a little while and my mom had to take my brother and I to the bathroom cuz we would not go alone. When we turned on the lights roaches ant size to adult hand size would scatter......that can really freak you out as a kid......and my parents wonderd why we would pe.......:w

[snakedude_03]

what a nice experience..

[SilverTongue]

LoL :) I am not quite as scared of them anymore as long as they dont fly into my hair LoL It is llong and they get lost in there hehe

[snakedude_03]

haha.. but i do believe they dont fly..;)

[Dom]

In ottawa they are extremelly illegle and I can only assume the same for TO -= DON"T GET CAUGHT - U need special permits to own them since they can reproduce in very large numbers and quickly (even though hissers have a very long gestaation perios) wich makes it a huge pain in the *** to breed .. True they have no wings .. wich is one of the exception to the insect world!

Those roaches are defently pretty kool.. We have over 300 or so at work and it is an excellent source of protein for mainly monitors..

Dom

My savanah's love them to death!

[SilverTongue]

OK really dumb question, but I have to ask.... Do that actually hisssss??? :bugged:

[snakedude_03]

they do make a hissing sound when they get mad or for territorial reason

[SilverTongue]

LoL that is funnY Can one of you make a sound bite of it so i can hear it? I will never go near one in RL :jawdrop:

[backdraft1320]

yes military roaches lol do fly they can get up to ohh 4inches or so and you cant kill the damn things they are freaking scary.:eek:

[Jotun]

my mom's boss had two hissers and now he has 200! i was thinking about getting some but i changed my mind. I do know they can feed off dog food though which makes them to be easy feeders :)

[beyowulf]

Hey Dom, Where do you work? The only place in Ottawa I've seen that many hissing roaches is at Little Ray's!!

[Dom]

Thats my work place


Awesome place ...