I just got a new colony of Dubia roaches recently. I've been hearing articles here and there about the inbreeding of colony to where they develop issues with their genetics. Inbreeding of any species is an issue, even with insects. You hear of religious communities that practice inbreeding within their small sect and a common abnormality is polydactyl. In college my professor told us a story of a village of cannibals that ate their dead. These villagers also suffered from brain wasting prion disease, where it wasn't attributed directly to incest within the community but also the combination of that with cannibalizing each other after they died. I'm just a little concerned about thinking that a health related issue might pop up due to my colony of roaches being too localized with their genetic pool. I understand i can just buy some more roaches and introduce them into my colony, but the question remains; is this a problem for many others that have fed their chams on a staple of roaches that have been colonized for multiple generations? You always hear of chams that die for no reason, cut in half of their expected lifespan. Instead of this being diagnosed as mbd, uri, could it have something to do with the gene pool of the feeders?
Check out this thread. username "martin h."
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=463&page=3
Check out this thread. username "martin h."
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=463&page=3
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