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[geckobeginner22]

Hey guys I have one gecko right now.. I ordered some dubia roachs from lllreptile.com just to try out and she is loving THEN... I keep a dish of mealworms they I breed in the tank but every other day I give her crickets.. she eats about 7 of them.. she is only about 4 and a half months old I think.. but when I gave her the roachs she ate like 15 of them!!!!!... is it bad that shesbeating more...or does she just like them more..also I would like to know where do sum of you guys order roachs from for a good price.. I would love to buy kinda like a start up kit and start breeding. Like I said I only have one gecko for now so I don't think that I need to order like 500 roachs or anything.. but I am just looking for some advice.. also if anyone breeds their own and has any to sell that would be great. I live in new york.. in brooklyn.. so if you are around here I would not have to pay for shipping..lol.. !!! Anyway.. please help guys and thanks a lot for reading

 

[robin]

i do not breed or free roaches right now. but i would check the classified ads here to start off with

 

[TheRed]

I bought mine from brothat on this board. I drove down and picked them up and he was great to deal with and answered a ton of questions.
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=54883

 

[Kristi23]

I breed my own now (well, my husband does), but I buy from the roach guy every so often. I've never had any issues and the roaches are really good.

http://theroachguy.com/

 

[geckobeginner22]

do your geckos also eat the adults or no? and do you use a heating tank on the bottom of your bin? i was thinking about buying the same one that i use for my leo tank but i was thinking wouldnt it just burn the bottom of the roach bin? thank you for your response

 

[TheRed]

I use an Exo Terra UTH to heat my bin.
I only have a few adults so I've only fed medium sized roaches. One of my geckos loves them and the other two haven't really been eating much lately and have ignored them.

 

[geckobeginner22]

Do you stick the uth under the bin.. it does not get too hott for the bin..like burn the plasic?...

 

[TheRed]

Yeah it's under the bin. I haven't noticed it burning but I haven't really checked.

 

[geckobeginner22]

Ok thank you.. I will pick up an exo terro uth then... I heard that the heat really makes a difference on how much they breed.. do you also use a hole cut out in the top with a screen over it for air

 

[TheRed]

Yeah, I used the mesh looking stuff that you use to patch up drywall. I couldn't find any metal screens.
I've had my roaches for about three weeks now. There's a bunch of tiny roaches running around now but I don't know if they're new babies or if they've been in there since I bought them and I just couldn't see them.

 

[geckobeginner22]

oh ok.. did you also use the little black things that put the bin up off the floor little bit with the heat pad? i just want to make sure i dont cause a fire.. because the bin of roachs will be in my closet.

 

[TheRed]

Mine is on carpet too. I elevated it off the ground with a brick on each side.