surinam cockroaches...

[armando]

Hey everyone!
I have seen some of this cockroaches in my yard:

http://bugs.osu.edu/bugdoc/Shetlar/462/462InsectOrders/OrderPixs/thb2surinam_cockroach.jpg

They dont seem to be a plague... they just appear in the backyard wall when it rains a lot and its all flooded up...
Im not quite sure if they are exactly "surinam cockroaches", but I've been looking around the internet, and they look just like the one above, and acts just as descrived on internet...

Do you guys know If its safe if I capture them, breed them, raise the newborns and use them as feeder?

thanks a lot!

 

[pssh]

Are you in FL? Surinam roaches are fine to breed and use as feeders (no WCs as feeders though!) I actually raise them myself, but I don't live where they are wild. They like a nice deep substrate to burrow in. They can also climb glass/plastic so use olive oil as a barrier.

 

[pwerfulyifu]

They can also climb glass/plastic so use olive oil as a barrier.

that's an expensive barrier

 

[armando]

Great!
I live in North of Mexico..
I will capture them and try to breed them...
What do they eat?

 

[pssh]

They eat just about anything. I feed mine mostly veggies and fruits. I put a dish of dry food in there too, but they don't eat it much.

that's an expensive barrier

I use about a tsp every two months or so.

 

[ZuggieTheCham]

that's an expensive barrier

U can use vasaline too

 

[armando]

what do they eat?

 

[redsfandrew]

U can use vasaline too

That's what she said.
Sorry, I watch to much Office