Florida Skunk Roach

[chameleonoobie]

I am not allowed to have Dubias in Florida, but I was working in the yard over the weekend and discovered I have many Florida Skunk roaches under boulders and logs in my yard. They actually look somewhat like Dubias with very short useless wings. I’m going to start a colony from them and see how they go. These emit a stinky liquid when highly disturbed, anybody know if this is harmful in any way to chams? I have also found some Green Cuban banana roaches too.

 

[jamncristian]

the chameleons love the green banana roaches
definately start a colony of those
warning though, they can fly

 

[iLik3LIzards]

anything that excretes a defense mechanism, especialy in bugs, i would stay away from.

 

[VeiledChams]

I live close to fort lauderdale, have you had any luck with the roaches? I've been looking for roaches, but it seems as if every type of roach is illegal lol.

 

[Dez]

Discoid roaches are allowed in Florida. They are similar to dubia but not illegal to have shipped in.

I bought a bunch of nymphs a while back on kingsnake

 

[VeiledChams]

Discoid roaches are allowed in Florida. They are similar to dubia but not illegal to have shipped in.

I bought a bunch of nymphs a while back on kingsnake

Are they easy to start a colony with? I want to get away from crickets for a while.

 

[Dez]

I believe they are about the same as dubia. I got mine as little nymphs and they grow rapidly while on a heating pad. Discoid get a little bigger than dubia I think.

 

[VeiledChams]

Everywhere I look, "No shipping to Florida", even for these roaches.

 

[Monzon]

While living in Central America, I regularly fed a male jackson's chameleon, large, very stinky (when handled), wild caught roaches. These were by far his favorite food items.

 

[Dez]

I think some people just don't want to deal with shipping any roach to florida even though they are legal

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

This is where I got mine:

http://rivercityreptiles.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2099006

 

[pssh]

Its actually (technically) illegal to ship any king of roach into florida but you can purchase them from someone already in florida.

 

[chameleonoobie]

VeiledChams- if you are in Broward County, check out Ben Siegel’s. They sell discoids. I started a colony from theirs.
(Ben Siegel on Hillsboro west of I95 they are across the street from where they used to be)

 

[VeiledChams]

VeiledChams- if you are in Broward County, check out Ben Siegel’s. They sell discoids. I started a colony from theirs.
(Ben Siegel on Hillsboro west of I95 they are across the street from where they used to be)

Awesome! I got a $48 store credit voucher so I'll use it on that. Thanks!