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I wanna start my own feeder roach colony... I cannot decide whether or not I want to start with Discoids or Hissers... What do you guys think? What are the advantages/disadvantages of both?
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko

>>I wanna start my own feeder roach colony... I cannot decide whether or not I want to start with Discoids or Hissers... What do you guys think? What are the advantages/disadvantages of both?

If you are feeding Gex....I would try lobsters. I have no discoides experience but hissers get big fast and breed slowly. I breed hissers for my big savannah monitors. Lobster roaches max out just a bit bigger than crix. I can feed nearly adult ones to leopard geckos. Lobsters breed like fleas. Downside...they climb and need 'bug proof' tubs.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

hissers would not be for leopards... but for my tegu
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko

>>hissers would not be for leopards... but for my tegu

Could be, I have never had a tegu. How big is it? My Savannah monitor is 3ft and I have no idea ....maybe 4 pounds and LOVES hissers.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

I'd stick with lobsters for a tegu and like sonya said you get more bang for your buck...once they get going you'll have a food source you'll never have to replenish...i started with a few months ago and have thousands now