Dubia Roaches In Florida

[Soyoubara]

I'm a small breeder looking to get bigger but can't without the proper food. If anyone has Dubia for sell in Florida please PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. I'm talking about picking up and buying asap.

 

[Turningdoc]

Warning, they're illegal here

 

[reptoman]

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/enpp/pdf/Guideline-for-Importing-Exotic-and-Non.pdf

They are illegal in fl.

 

[JonRich]

You'll never get me copper!! Lol

 

[Soyoubara]

I know this. However I know know there are around locally. Thanks for the warnings though.

Edit: I am Willing to buy Discoids if they are local, I'm in the Riverview around but am willing to travel a bit. Though I'd rather have the sweet sweet Dubia. x3

 

[Jamiewalker198]

Can we just catch and feed our reg roaches (palmetto bugs) here in FL?

 

[Soyoubara]

I'm unsure, I wouldn't see why not however you'd have to breed the nastyness out to them first they would have picked up from the wild. Though even then I'm unsure.

 

[pssh]

Eurycotis floridana are fine as feeders as long as you only feed the captive ones and not the wild ones. You can start a colony and feed them to your animals if you want to.

 

[Soyoubara]

It's impossible to find any roaches in FL. t.t If anyone has even a small Conley for sell of Discoids or Dubia please let me know.

 

[pssh]

Check out roachcrossing or craigslist. Doubleds.org has lots of roaches too (and i think hey are in fl? Im not positive about that though.)

 

[Soyoubara]

Thanks Pssh I haven't given up. I already have the roach bin build and screened for cross vent. Heated and shoved some cut clothes hangers in though the sides to hold up eggflats. Looks really nice and clean I think they'll like infesting it. lol

E-mailed the two main sites but haven't got a reply yet, I will not be posting rather or not they are willing to ship to keep them outta trouble but thanks again. I have managed to find one person willing to ship though they are trying to play me (because it's illegal) and charge me 100 bucks for 250 nymphs before the shipping cost. Not gonna touch that.

 

[pssh]

I would just ask those two for a legal species to avoid any problems. They both should have discoids, which are almost exactly the same as dubia in respect to housing and feeding. The discoids are just a little bigger and the females have wings.

 

[Soyoubara]

Nutritional values of one vs the other not a big deal? It just seems as if the Dubia are more commonly lusted after because they are easy to get started but I thought maybe there was more?

Edit: Also Dubia hold their meals for 38 hours or so, can't remember. Do Discoids act the same way?

 

[pssh]

Not that I know of. Dubia are just more common and a little smaller. Dicoids breed about as fast if not just as fast as dubia. For adult chameleons its nicer to have the bigger, fatter sub-adult nymphs to feed off.

 

[Soyoubara]

Well that sounds good. I actually do not own a Chameleon, I love them as far as seeing them once in awhile but like 6 of my friends have them and they are just to lazy for me. I have a Cuban Knight Anole (female) and some breadies. Soon I wall be after a fire skink and a few others. Really big into T's as well. x3

 

[GlassEyez]

Floridaroaches.com check that site out

 

[Soyoubara]

Florida roaches will be out of stock for atleast two months, he updated his site 3 hours after I E-mailed him about Discoids and never replied. So I'm taking it that was my reply. xDDD

I am highly pissed off right now because I just found them right down the street from me in a petshop. I called everyone else around me but missed them because their number wasn't in the book.

I will make a new thread tomorrow to help people in Florida get feeder roaches once I go down and pick up from them. Want to ensure the prices and how well kept they are first before promoting them.