When Cleaning your Roach Tub

[presspirate]

What is the procedure? I know you need to leave some of the fecal material for the young, but do you save some in a container and pour it back in, or do you not completely remove everything.

Thanks!

[Lankyrob]

I only change the cardboard - havent "cleaned" the whole enclosure (apart from the bit where i put the fruit - i wipe that bit down each time fresh fruit gets put in)

[kriminaal]

I've never kept anything with the Dubias.
Just did a complete emptying.

[presspirate]

I only change the cardboard - havent "cleaned" the whole enclosure (apart from the bit where i put the fruit - i wipe that bit down each time fresh fruit gets put in)

I put the fruit on a plate, then remove the plate within 24 hours, clean and replace.

I've never kept anything with the Dubias.
Just did a complete emptying.

It was my understanding, that the young feed of the fecal matter of the adults. Anyone else know of this?

[infernalis]

I fixed your post Greg, the way you worded that last question it asked if YOU ate the feces.

You are correct, the babies eat the adults poo when they are young.

[chydro]

im sorry, and this may sound hella stupid, but what what is a roach tub?
i mean a tub of roaches what come to mind, but as this being a international forum, i just wanted to make sure, lots of nick names for things im learning. still dont even know what Viv means lol

[belovedboas]

vivarium............... like terrarium :)

[chydro]

vivarium............... like terrarium :)

oh ok its its aquarium, its tank, i get it.

[infernalis]

Yes we keep pet roaches.

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/1aroach.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/PG1/images/2aroach.jpg

http://www.reptard.info/photo/roach.jpg

http://www.reptard.info/photo/roach1.jpg

http://www.reptard.info/photo/roach2.jpg

[chydro]

im sorry but i could not do that. not saying your pets are bad, just unique and out of my style. and how big are those things?

those two in the clear container look Ginormus

[infernalis]

Thats my hand, I wear size XL gloves. does that help??

and they are for lizard food, I enjoy my roach colony, but their main purpose is to feed my lizards.

[chydro]

oh they are for lizards, thats pretty neat, does it save alot to grow your own?

[infernalis]

all I need is one banana a week, so yeah, they are super cheap food.

Chomper loves the big adults. My Leopard Gecko eats the smaller juveniles.

[chydro]

do they reproduce on their own?

[infernalis]

They breed like roaches. ;)

yes, they make lot and lots of babies.

[chydro]

nice and out of all those babies how many do ur animals really eat a week?

[infernalis]

Don't even count them.. Right now, I had to back off on the roaches with Chomper, because one of the egg cartons got moldy underneath with black mold, and a huge chunk of the colony died off.

[chydro]

lol bet you feel like ur playing civilization lol

[infernalis]

More like zoo keeper.. so many critters.

[presspirate]

I fixed your post Greg, the way you worded that last question it asked if YOU ate the feces.

You are correct, the babies eat the adults poo when they are young.
Thanks Wayne, I had a good laugh at myself over that. :yes: What is YOUR procedure when you clean your roach enclosure?

[infernalis]

I started over with a new tote (they are cheap) and prepared it, then just moved all the roaches and some poop from the old to the new, then I dumped out the old one in my compost pile.

Now I use the old one to shovel my rat cages into when I clean them.

[Lankyrob]

oh they are for lizards, thats pretty neat, does it save alot to grow your own?


We ahve two small lizards, we were spending about $30 a week on crickets/locusts etc - now we feed off the roaches and spend maybe $10 a month on "extras" to give the lizards variety. As wayne said feeding the roaches is pretty much free - peelings that would be put in the bin - roaches eat - fruit on the "turn" that would go in the bin - roaches eat - its the circle of life Simba!! :)

[shaunyboy]

oh ok its its aquarium, its tank, i get it.


they're not aquariums mate

viv's (vivariums) come in flat packs and you build them yourself

the wood is melanine and they have sliding glass doors heres a picture of some of my viv's there's three 2x2x2ft,three 4x2x2ft and one 3x2x2ft viv's in this picture and a faunarium tub next to my kids pictures
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq17/spilota01/P1000338.jpg

the semi circled thing you see on my wall at the middle top of the picture is a smoke alarm imo a must for everyone keeping a lot of electrics running on their tanks...!!

cheers shaun