wow you got a deal. I have seen them sell between $.50 and $6 each depending on size & quantity. Some people buy them as pets just like scorpians and spiders.



It varies but if you want to figure it out, figure each female can have an average of 50 babies a year minimum (up to 3 clutches of 20-30+ ea). 1/2 will be female. those babies will have babies in about 1-1 1/2 years. you need a ratio of about 1:5 males to females. You need to feed the roaches to your BD before they get full grown, anywhere from 3-6 months old. BDs can eat 4-6 at a time, sometimes more depending on the BD and the size of the roach.



Here is a female with about 50 newborns





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• I dont do silkies but wanted to share pics of my feeders having dinner - beardiedragon, Fri Apr 9 10:28:57 2004
• RE: Boy they picked that bone clean , :0) - PHEve, Fri Apr 9 10:58:18 2004
• RE: Boy they picked that bone clean , :0) - moorear, Fri Apr 9 11:04:17 2004
• RE: Thanks Russ ! But>>> - PHEve, Fri Apr 9 11:17:35 2004
• RE: Thanks Russ ! But>>> - moorear, Fri Apr 9 12:08:41 2004
• RE: Thanks Russ ! But>>> - beardiedragon, Fri Apr 9 12:37:05 2004
• are those hissers? - moorear, Fri Apr 9 13:17:49 2004
• RE: Very helpful guys ! I was wondering about the - PHEve, Fri Apr 9 14:02:42 2004
• RE: Very helpful guys ! I was wondering about the - moorear, Fri Apr 9 21:30:15 2004
• RE: Yes, I have to agree there is - PHEve, Fri Apr 9 22:32:45 2004
• RE: are those hissers? - beardiedragon, Fri Apr 9 14:19:00 2004
• RE: Boy they picked that bone clean , :0) - beardiedragon, Fri Apr 9 12:20:10 2004
• wow.. that's um.. delicious. :P n/p - kg, Fri Apr 9 14:58:39 2004
• RE: I dont do silkies but wanted to share pics of my feeders having dinner - abstractcypher, Fri Apr 9 15:22:52 2004