I am hoping to have some Orange heads in a couple weeks for my bearded dragons and I have a few questions. I have looked all over the web and cannot find any good caresheets on them. Does anyone know of a site or book I can buy on them? Also, what are the chances of them infesting my house? I know they dont climb glass and dont fly, but what if one gets out anyways. Have they ever been known to infest a house? Can they climb plastic (rubbermaid bins)? Any information on their care would be great too. Substrate, food, amount of heat and humidity needed etc. If I use a 10 gallon tank with a screen lid, what would I have to do to make it liveable for the roaches. Do I need to add hardware mesh to the lid or anything like that, just incase? How many can be housed in a 10 gallon. Thanks, LM
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Orange Head Roach questions... general roach ?'s........
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LM,
I don't recall where the caresheet I found is but I can assure you that they can not climb the tub! I have about 40 adults and unknown numbers of babies through almost ready to wing ones in a large tub and they do not climb it. As long as you never have a pair of them that get dropped you shouldn't have to worry about infestations!
If I find the caresheet I will post it later. I Bet someone will post it though. If not, go run a search on the old forum for them and you should find some good stuff.
Marcia
Here is a care sheet that I made a while back for orange heads. It should help you.
Orange head roach care sheet
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Cody
Pro Geckos
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Very good care sheet. I breed several types of non-climbers and they are a great food source. I like the 4-spot and orange spots a little better, because there defense smell isn't as strong as orange heads. I would not be to concerned about them infesting your home. These roaches are not considered pests and do not do well if not keep under the ideal conditions. Without the proper food, heat, and water they will not breed and most likely won't live too long. I use either peat moss (in cages I spray) or red bran. Most seem to like the red bran because they can eat it and then I either use a swallow water dish, or even better fruit items that provide their water (carrots,oranges, apples). Leave plenty of cat or dog food, but on the veggies keep it small so it doesn't spoil. The hardest part is letting your colony get big enough before you start using them as feeders.
James
