orange Head roaches help

[camimom]

Anyone got experience with breeding these?

What temps do they like?
what is the best stuff to feed them?
how should htey be housed?

 

[nightanole]

House them just like dubia(they are a direct dubia replacement for state that make dubia illegal). However they should be fed the higher protein 15%-20% cricket type diet (instead of the dubia 10% to prevent uric acid). They do not like to be crowded like dubia. And they will nibble on each other if you dont feed them enough.

Here is a quicky on them:
http://www.nyworms.com/orangeheadcare.htm

Just remember to not do the dog/cat/fish food. That is for raising cheap roaches, not for roaches that will be fed off.

 

[camimom]

i never do the dog/cat/fish food.
i have a dog/cat/fish to feed! lol.

thanks for the link, reading it now.

 

[camimom]

where do you get roach diet from?

 

[Texas Ranger]

Cricket crack works just fine for them. I acutely run my colonys on way less then that I do a 8% dry diet on all my roaches and they are all doing awesome.

 

[camimom]

so just cricket crack? or other stuff too?

Cuz i gots some crack lying around.

 

[nightanole]

Feed just like crickets. crack or bug burger works great. Here is my current dry load:

https://www.chameleonforums.com/i-think-i-invented-dubia-crack-95938/

For wet load im currently grinding up almost expired bearded dragon salad,sweet potato skin left overs from dinner, apple, non sugar added fruit salad, and carrots, they LOVE carrots mixed in.

 

[Texas Ranger]

so just cricket crack? or other stuff too?

Cuz i gots some crack lying around.

Lol yeah crack and extra bee pollon they really seem to love greens more then my other roach colonys to.

 

[camimom]

how convient, i just got some bee pollen from a friend, and im going to go shopping for cricket food (green and such).

thanks a bunch! they are so much bigger and beefier than the dubias. and creepier looking!

 

[Texas Ranger]

how convient, i just got some bee pollen from a friend, and im going to go shopping for cricket food (green and such).

thanks a bunch! they are so much bigger and beefier than the dubias. and creepier looking!

Lol yeah wait until you see a peppered roach or giant cave roach lol. They are like 5 of those lol. I had to get some to use as a feeder for Bentley ....

 

[camimom]

Lol yeah wait until you see a peppered roach or giant cave roach lol. They are like 5 of those lol. I had to get some to use as a feeder for Bentley ....

i saw some dwarf cave roaches, but figured id try one species at a time.

 

[Texas Ranger]

i saw some dwarf cave roaches, but figured id try one species at a time.

Those are awesome to. That is one of 3 species I am still lacking.... Let me know if you ever get those going

 

[camimom]

Those are awesome to. That is one of 3 species I am still lacking.... Let me know if you ever get those going

if you want some, smallpetfeeders has them.
thats who i got my orange heads from.l