How to heat up rubbermaid bin for discoid roaches

[pantherchamlove36]

I'm just starting a discoid roach colony in a big rubbermaid bin I need different ideas on how to raise the temperature any advice?

 

[dinomom]

Just put a heat mat under 2/3 of it (where they hang out in the eggcrate but not under the water crystals or it will dry out too fast.) They prefer high humidity which is the challenge, I spray the eggcrate a couple of times a day. If it gets below about 75 degrees in the room I also suspend a ceramic heater in a clamp lamp above them .I move the lid to one end so it is not near the lamp of course.

No matter what you do they don't breed as prolifically in the winter but just wait till summer!

I personally find it easier to have 2 bins, I move the newborns to the feeder bin, grow them there and feed them off
and keep the adult breeders in the other.

 

[Vegas Chad]

Heat pad - make sure to use a controller so you can regulate the heat.

 

[nightanole]

https://www.amazon.com/CISNO-Waterproof-Heating-Electric-Resistant/dp/B075D135F3
https://www.amazon.com/OFPUPPY-Indoor-Cats-Small-Dogs/dp/B08BLFZHR8

I buy the mats with this style of controller. Its auto regulated and stays on forever, unless the power goes out, then it stays off. It uses low voltage DC so no risk of shock, and they are pretty "robust". You have to shop around, but they all the same, just different branding.

 

[MissSkittles]

Just put a heat mat under 2/3 of it (where they hang out in the eggcrate but not under the water crystals or it will dry out too fast.) They prefer high humidity which is the challenge, I spray the eggcrate a couple of times a day. If it gets below about 75 degrees in the room I also suspend a ceramic heater in a clamp lamp above them .I move the lid to one end so it is not near the lamp of course.

No matter what you do they don't breed as prolifically in the winter but just wait till summer!

I personally find it easier to have 2 bins, I move the newborns to the feeder bin, grow them there and feed them off
and keep the adult breeders in the other.

I do the same with my discoids, but have moved the heat mat to the side of the bins.

 

[pantherchamlove36]

Thanks for the advice

 

[Persnickety Parson's]

Heat pad on the side for me as well.

 

[pantherchamlove36]

So what kind of heat mat should I get there's so many lol

 

[Persnickety Parson's]

So what kind of heat mat should I get there's so many lol

Just one for reptiles that has a controlled thermostat on it.

https://www.amazon.com/Aiicioo-Unde...uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

I use this one, so far no overheating of the plastic, and sticks well.

75 to 85 degrees is perfect.