Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Last time we ordered, there seemed to be some kind of national shortage of dubia roaches (which makes no sense to me—I mean... their ROACHES, right?)
Anyhow, we were only able to order 250, and the price was considerably higher than before (Oh, what we do for our reptiles!
) When they got here, something was obviously amiss. I ordered med. (½"), as they're usually the best value, and Stinkeye couldn't care less; he just wants his num-numz. I'm used to there being some size variation, but 75% of this order was ¼" or smaller! Needless to say, Stinkeye ate his way through them in less than half the time they should have lasted.
So we found another supplier, put in an order, and sent the previous vendor an email. We might have done that in the wrong order, but we needed some damn roaches... and FAST! (Stinkeye was beginning to eye the dog and lick his lizard chops...)
Two packages arrived today. The first vendor sent a replacement order, and there must have been 500 roaches in there (instead of 250), 90% of which were ½" or larger. I guess they really wanted to make up for the gaff. The other package also contained ½" or larger roaches, and 50% more than we ordered!
Now I'm up to my armpits in roaches!!!
I guess now I have a colony whether I wanted one or not, because I still have 50 or so from an order in January that are almost an inch.
Sheesh!
Anyhow, we were only able to order 250, and the price was considerably higher than before (Oh, what we do for our reptiles!
) When they got here, something was obviously amiss. I ordered med. (½"), as they're usually the best value, and Stinkeye couldn't care less; he just wants his num-numz. I'm used to there being some size variation, but 75% of this order was ¼" or smaller! Needless to say, Stinkeye ate his way through them in less than half the time they should have lasted.So we found another supplier, put in an order, and sent the previous vendor an email. We might have done that in the wrong order, but we needed some damn roaches... and FAST! (Stinkeye was beginning to eye the dog and lick his lizard chops...)
Two packages arrived today. The first vendor sent a replacement order, and there must have been 500 roaches in there (instead of 250), 90% of which were ½" or larger. I guess they really wanted to make up for the gaff. The other package also contained ½" or larger roaches, and 50% more than we ordered!
Now I'm up to my armpits in roaches!!!
I guess now I have a colony whether I wanted one or not, because I still have 50 or so from an order in January that are almost an inch.
Sheesh!
