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I'm starting a colony of lobster roaches and was wondering where to get egg flats.
Thanks,
Pete

The way I get mine is by ordering crickets.... They usually include 4 or 5 flats in a box. Find one of your buddies that works at a restaraunt they probably have alot.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
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If your household eats alot of eggs, buy them in bulk and use the egg flats from that. (That is what I do.) Or you can go to a place that uses alot of egg in their cooking (breakfast joints) and ask if they can hold the egg flats for you. Probably would be best to say you will pick the egg flats up at a certain time (after breakfast) and be sure to be there at that time or they may just throw it out and be unwilling to help another time. Another way is to buy them in bulk online or maybe a poultry feed shop?
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~ Juli ~
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>>I'm starting a colony of lobster roaches and was wondering where to get egg flats.

This may not be at all feasible, but might be worth a try.... if you know a teacher or are nearby to a school with a hot lunch program, I would suggest contacting them to see if they would save the cardboard pieces that separate the fruit that arrive in large crates or boxes. I've always been able to snag many "sheets" of cardboard that to me seem like they'd be perfect for roach or cricket colonies. I might not share exactly what it is you need them for of course... <g>

As I think of it, maybe the local grocery store may also have these available? The cardboard sheets I'm thinking of tend to have indentations to keep each piece of fruit separate from the rest, and certainly many types of these "fruit flats" might be appropriate for your needs?

Hope this helps, good luck =)
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Rebecca
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