bulldogod Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Does anyone breed roaches for dragon food???? Ive been reading some of the overseas sites and lots of posts on there about them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 roaches are easy to breed and raise- hard thing is keeping them fro escaping. i use silicon spray on glass fish tanks to stop them climbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Have you got any pics of your setup, need ideas on how to get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 i'm busy at the moment doing Uni work co i have a marine bio exam this week but i'll put some pics up this weekend 4 sure. u wanted to see cricket setup and locust setup also aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I use gisborne cockroachs as beardy food and they love them,don`t actually breed them but have hatched a few egg pods that I have found.we have a lot of gumtrees around here and they are thick out there!Have a brother in aussie that raises what they call wood roachs,they look the same size and shape but a different colour.they just keep them in plastic bins with a couple of egg cartons to hide in and feed them bran and grated carrot,have a band of vaseline around the lip so they don`t climbout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 cool, thanks, yes, locusts and crickets, not sure which ones to breed yet but roaches sound the easiest so far, maybe locusts.Yeah, woodies are ones recommended, easy to breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardy_dude Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 roaches would be the easyest of dragon food to get breeding as they just dont die yes i use sillicon spray iswell you dont need a spafific setup for them just some dirt and feed them dog bisciuts and salad and some gutload. and some where for them to hide and lay eggs ok hope i helped Kerryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted July 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hey Kerryn, have u got pics of your breeding setup or of your dragon setup, oh and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 we breed american and gisborne roaches have clear plastic lid on top full of small holes and zip sewn in, how often do you have to respray the silicon, sounds a lot easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 how often do you have to respray the silicon, sounds a lot easier When they start climbing! Usually once every 2 weeks or so on a glass tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hiya's My american cockroaches are just developing wings so hopefully start breeding asap. couple of questions for those in the know ; - do you need dirt for any reason or for them to lay eggs or will they lay them on egg cartons? -what temp is optimum for breeding? -where do you get the silicon spray from? Im just using vasiline atm which has worked well so far but i like the sound of this spray on silicon :lol: Also does anyone have and want to sell some gisborne roaches??? (happy to trade, waxworms/fruitfly culture/also have but in limited supply some mealworms/ young locusts or crickets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 come to my place you can have whatever you catch,there are heaps of the buggars!!!hows them beardies going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 lol dam i wish i could find roahes around here, thanks to Mark (livingart) I might have some lined up but i wont say no to the offer of stopping by your place someday if i ever get up tht way :lol: beardies are pretty good neally wiped out all my locusts and crix but got them hatching out again now & managed ok without but cant beat the live food so another week or 2 and should be all good again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 - do you need dirt for any reason or for them to lay eggs or will they lay them on egg cartons? They will lay wherever. We use course vermeculite then have structures on top for them to hatch in/ run around on -what temp is optimum for breeding? Whatever. For American Roaches we have them heated using a 40W bulb on 12hrs a day -where do you get the silicon spray from? Hardware stores sell it. A good brand to look out for is "Priceless Super silicon spray" in the blue cans. Wakeboarders also use it to get their feet into tight bindings :roll: Im just using vasiline atm which has worked well so far but i like the sound of this spray on silicon Yes the good thing about silicone is it is transparent so we use it in display tanks too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hey thanks alot for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 'ts allright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick777 Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 I'd imagine roaches are bloody hard to kill and get rid of! i once trapped a few roaches in a plastic container upside down, they lived weeks without food and started eating one another ... also trapped a female with egg pod in a sticky cockroach house, the egg hatched with at least 20 little ones a few days later!! they are probably the most hardy creature on earth, I heard rumours they can live 3 months without food or water and not affacted by radiation...so it's probably the only creature that would survive a nuclear war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godragon Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Hi there, just want to ask does anyone has spare gisborne cockroaches I can buy of. Many Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 you can come catch some here... they live in my compost bin.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 they won`t be gisborne cockroachs then will they?just auckland roachs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 I dunno... I know they aren't American ones, and I'm sure the gisborne and Auckland ones taste much the same :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 good page to roaches in nz http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resea ... onomic.asp doesn't say anything about their taste though some of the darker ones have a funny smell though and have seen the beardies spit them out at first then eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 the gisborne ones from here have that smell but have never seen any reaction from the beardys while eating them.They will eventually cover all of nz I reckon,especially after seeing a really big sucker crawl out from under the bonnet of our car while sitting at roadworks just north of wellington and jump off!!also the in laws have found the odd one after visits from us,they crawl into any little cracks they can find and hitch a ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 doesn't look like any of the 4 described on that page. looks most like the german roach if any as they are light brown. i'll try take a pic next time I see one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 doesn't look like any of the 4 described on that page. looks most like the german roach if any as they are light brown. i'll try take a pic next time I see one. probably one of the natives then, they don't tend to come inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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