Cleaning discoid box

[BocaJan]

Those of you who raise discoid roaches, how do you clean out the frass without scooping up babies? I tried to clean and dumped frass in a cup and found babies running around in the cup.

there must be a good way of doing this. They can't live in the poop forever.

 

[pssh]

Shake the frass and babies to one side of the tub. Leave a piece of egg carton on the other side and collect them every once in a while. You wont be able to get all of them, but you should get most of them that way.

 

[Carlton]

How many you get depends on how long you are willing to wait and the size of your colony. I don't expect to "save" all of them. The most active (and hopefully the most healthy) roaches will get out of the frass onto the cartons or chunks of food sooner. When I am finished filtering the live ones out of the frass I pour it all into a trashbag, chill it in the fridge or outdoors (in winter!), then freeze it thoroughly before disposing.