Recent content by mpeek

I have seen some symptoms of this virus when I started getting into reptiles. It developed into a full blown case just 6 days ago. Now I am already spreading it to my wife and son. I am afraid that I might also affect my students. Great post. Love it.

Agreed they are blatta lateralis. Common names are red runners or Turkistan Roach. I raise them because the babies are about the same size as pin head crickets and this is the size that I need for my tarantula slings. The adult males would make a good feeder for your cham too. They are also very...

I would recommend a roach colony instead of the crickets. Blaptica Dubias are the way to go imho. It may sound gross, but I think that they are a lot easier and less disgusting than trying to raise crickets. However, just search the web for breeding crickets...

I don't think that there is a standard for "starter colonies" so it totally depends on who you are getting them from. I would recommend that you do buy some smaller nymphs for your little guy to eat, and leave the colony undisturbed for as long as you can. The more you can get your colony going...

That is an interesting thought. I use the water crystals for my roaches and I have absolutely no problems. I think that they get so rock hard when they dry out that there would be no way to ingest it. That's just my thought though. I would also think that if they could ingest, the insect would...

I have both dubias and hissers. I would try to get dubias if I were you. They are a lot easier in my opinion. The biggest draw back to hissers is their ability to climb anything and everything. I have had many escape, but now that I have put about a 2 inch barrier of Vaseline around the top of...