Howdy there! Wellp, reckon I'm the new gal when it comes to roaches, and insects in general (usually a reptile person - but now with 4 tarantula species, 2 African pedes, and a colony of Madagascar hissing roaches). Its the roaches I'm writing about today.... Everywhere I go I find segments on their feeding where carrots are considered the "Ambrosia" of hissers... I think I have recently come up with another food that disappears as fast, if not, faster then carrots in my cage! I actually peeked in and saw my big male chowing on this stuff over the pile of carrot chunks right next door! Its called 'jicama' ("HEE-kah-muh"
, its some sort of root with a brown fibrous outside (gotta peel it), and a rather crisp white inside that yields a good bit of roach feed. Heck, I love the stuff myself - Not too expensive, although I don't know how easy it is to get hold of for everyone else. Anyhowdy, those are my two pennies, maybe I found a new staple for our noisy buggies? I'd love to hear if anybody else has had the same outcome or gets the same outcome with the jicama?
Thanks for the peek!
-Sara
