I use and would recommend lobster roaches any day of the week. After keeping several of the common types of roaches, I've settled with lobsters for these reasons:



1. They're fast breeders. When you're trying to sustain a large colony and feed from it on a regular basis without damaging the numbers, lobsters are ideal. Keep them hot and fed, and they do the rest.



2. They're soft bodied. They digest easier than the majority of other roaches, and don't have hard spiny legs to mess up your chameleon's lips. Vet tests have proven this, as well as my own personal "human" roach tester.



3. They're cheap. If you're trying to set up a decent colony (1,000+), you need something that's at least reasonable to get yourself into.



If you think about it, the only real reason everyone's afraid of them is because they climb. That issue is easily fixed by using one of several products out there to prevent it (Bug Boundary, Bug Stop, or simple Vaseline). Once you put a roach in a screen cage, any roach is going to climb or hide as well as a lobster. If you feed lobsters without wings, they're not mature, and won't suddenly drop babies in the cage (with winged adults, you have that very slight possibility). Feeding roaches without wings is better anyways since the adults are the lifeline of your colony. Good luck in picking a species!



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Tyler Stewart

Las Vegas NV

www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com

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