Best feeder/breeder roaches?

[SA Leopards]

Hey guys!

I've searched the threads and whilst I found some info, I noticed that most where "outdated". With the boom in Geckos there are a lot more perspectives so I figured I might start a new thread.

In your opinion what are the best roaches to feed to geckos and also to breed? I'm tired of paying almost a Rand a cricket in Bloem (Bought a tub today of +/- 40 and paid R40 for it) and seeing that my collection is only going to grow in the future I need to start being self sufficient. And crickets pong and make a racket...

My mealworm colony is already settled, but I want the roaches as a variant for leos as well as a staple for my picky species.

Also info on how to breed the roaches along with time for colonies to get settled would be appreciated!

Regards

Arno

 

[SA Leopards]

Oops, forgot this is a mostly US site, I pay about 6 to 7 dollars for 40 crickets here in South Africa

 

[acpart]

I have just finished writing (and re-writing and re -writing) caresheets about roaches although I don't use them myself (something to be said for research). As far as I can tell, dubias seem to be the best in terms of not looking too creepy, not climbing, breeding reasonably fast, getting to a reasonable size. Now see what the people who actually use them have to say.

Aliza

 

[jermh1]

do a search for dubia roaches, I was feedin 100+ geckos for less than $20 a month whould have been $20 a day with crickets.