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09-19-12, 04:16 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
Dubia are just the best all around. Easy, don't climb, don't fly, slow, an adult dubia is a mouth full for an adult ackie. They are easy to sex as well. Males have wings (even though they can't fly) and females just get nice, plump and wingless. Have live babies.
I would maybe suggest lobsters. They breed fast but can climb. They stay small and monitors like them.
I hate Turkish roaches Aka rusty reds. Monitors like them Because they are active. I dislike them because they are so fast, lay eggs, and will climb a slighty dirty surface that dubias can't. They look to much like a house roach to me and I won't chance any egg layers in my home. (google a pic of one)
Discoids are good but going to be on the large size.
I'm currently experimenting with orange-head roaches. They breed faster and get larger then dubia; however they have an odor. My adult ackies do not like adult orange-heads. They are a little large, spiny, and other people say monitors don't like the taste. That said; my baby ackies are putting a beat down on young orange-head roaches. Orange heads are a little faster and out going vs dubia. Several times my little ackies have passed over a dubia to get an orange-head. Time will well how they pan out for me.
Hissers are to large and breed to slow.
No personal experience with other roaches.
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09-19-12, 04:31 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
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Originally Posted by Aanayab1
I can not remember off the top of my head but in one of the Biawak quarterlys it says that in one of the studies involving 100+ Ackies beetles,locusts, roaches, small lizards are their main diet... Any thoughts on that?
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That's exactly what I read, and I think it's on Lizard Kings too if I recall correctly.
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09-19-12, 08:09 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
Dubia ordered.
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What I share are only my experiences, point of view or things I have read. They are not what you must do or believe. They are simply things to give you ideas and research further so you can make an educated/informed decision on what may work best for you and your animal.
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09-19-12, 10:55 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
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Originally Posted by infernalis
That's exactly what I read, and I think it's on Lizard Kings too if I recall correctly.
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I also think it is on lizard kings.
Monitors eat lizards and other monitors. Ackies search the roack crevices to over power smaller lizards and any bugs they can get. Imagine that they would ground and pound small snakes as well.
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09-19-12, 10:58 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
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Originally Posted by Gatorhunter1231
I also think it is on lizard kings.
Monitors eat lizards and other monitors. Ackies search the roack crevices to over power smaller lizards and any bugs they can get. Imagine that they would ground and pound small snakes as well.
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Did you see the thread on RepticZ where someone wanted to provide an "all natural" diet to an Argus?
People get some silly ideas.
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09-20-12, 02:47 AM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
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Originally Posted by infernalis
Did you see the thread on RepticZ where someone wanted to provide an "all natural" diet to an Argus?
People get some silly ideas.
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So australian fauna thats highly valued over here then?
LOL think i missed that one what a plank.
Id like to know how he was going to feed venomous snakes to it.
LMFAO
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09-27-12, 12:23 PM
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Re: Roaches, crickets, worms and confusion, oh my
Haha! ^^^ this is great!
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