I was wondering how many hissing roaches it takes to start breeding them on my own. I can only get em at one store and they're 6 bucks each so its a little too spendy, especially for a bug that supposedly reproduces like crazy! Any info or good sites is much appreciated!
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Raising Roaches???
freakytah
Jan 11, 2006 12:18 AM
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PHLdyPayne
Jan 11, 2006 01:11 PM
I think you need a starting colony of about 20 adults, mostly female (really only need a single male I beleive).
There is alot of discussion of breeding roaches in the feeder forum here at kingsnake.
forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=9
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PHLdyPayne
James Tu
Jan 11, 2006 06:46 PM
Hissers really are not good feeders for dragons. They work well for larger monitors and tegus. The best species are Blaptica dubia (very popular), Blaberus discoids, and a few others. It only takes a couple roaches per day compaired to dozens of crickets. You can read some info on them under Help & Support.
James
www.blaberus.com
