Spouses and Roaches

[hrford]

So how do you sneak the roaches in so you spouse doesn't know. They sound like a great feeder but I think my husband might divorce me if he found out.

 

[GeckoCrossing]

Lol. Usually it's the woman of the house that has a problem with it.
My wife hates, hatesroaches. I basically just kept telling her how much it would save and how much better they were for the reptiles. How she'd never see them outside of the reptile room. She came around eventually

 

[Fencer04]

My wife is the best. She pretty much lets me do anything I want. When it came to the roaches she was cool. Then three males got out and she was freaking out. But she let me keep them. I just don't mention them much.

No that this is the right thing to do but you could just get them and not say anything. If he isn't involved in the feeding and such he probably won't notice. You could also show him all of the literature explaining that they can't climb out or infest. That was a big help for me in the beginning.

 

[GeckoDude31]

After reading your last post, I'm guessing you don't want to spend a lot of money on feeders. A roach colony is the best feeder out there for leos. They have a great nutritional value and they produce live babies.

 

[hrford]

Oh I've done my research I realize they are one of the best staples. I'm just not sure I can get that past my husband! I have a dark room, so I guess a non see through tub and that room might do the trick.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

LOL! I sneaked in my first roaches, and I was sooooo careful! One night my husband went to bed and I heard all this yelling and cussing, so I went in to see what was wrong. He'd pulled back his covers, and there was a full-grown male dubia right there on HIS side of the bed! Of course I yelled too... "Oh no! What is THAT???" I got some toilet paper and picked the roach up and flushed it down the toilet. More cussing from my husband as he went to sleep in the guest room.

Now, years later, my husband knows what it was and where it came from. But he actually puts up with the dubia better than he deals with crickets now. The roaches are quiet, don't climb or hop, and don't stink. As long as he doesn't have to touch them, he's good with it!

 

[hrford]

@Marcia - I think I would have had to get my husband a sedative after that. He HATES bugs, I mean hates them with a passion. I am the one in the house who must take care of all creepy crawlies.

Well I just broached the subject with my husband (because really I'm a pretty honest person) and he emphatically said no. Well actually there was a bit of swearing involved but I was promised divorce papers if they entered the house. So we've agreed on superworms, phoenix worms and a few crickets a week.

 

[katie_]

LOL! I sneaked in my first roaches, and I was sooooo careful! One night my husband went to bed and I heard all this yelling and cussing, so I went in to see what was wrong. He'd pulled back his covers, and there was a full-grown male dubia right there on HIS side of the bed! Of course I yelled too... "Oh no! What is THAT???" I got some toilet paper and picked the roach up and flushed it down the toilet. More cussing from my husband as he went to sleep in the guest room.

Now, years later, my husband knows what it was and where it came from. But he actually puts up with the dubia better than he deals with crickets now. The roaches are quiet, don't climb or hop, and don't stink. As long as he doesn't have to touch them, he's good with it!

LMAO!

 

[Mel&Keith]

Keith hates them. I just keep them out of sight so he forgets we even have them.

 

[GeckoCrossing]

LOL! I sneaked in my first roaches, and I was sooooo careful! One night my husband went to bed and I heard all this yelling and cussing, so I went in to see what was wrong. He'd pulled back his covers, and there was a full-grown male dubia right there on HIS side of the bed! Of course I yelled too... "Oh no! What is THAT???" I got some toilet paper and picked the roach up and flushed it down the toilet. More cussing from my husband as he went to sleep in the guest room.

Now, years later, my husband knows what it was and where it came from. But he actually puts up with the dubia better than he deals with crickets now. The roaches are quiet, don't climb or hop, and don't stink. As long as he doesn't have to touch them, he's good with it!

LMAO! That is awesome! If my wife had screamed like that over one getting out in to her side of bed I wouldn't have been able to keep a straight face. Pretty sure I'd have been rolling on the floor laughing and crying at the same time.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I am the one in the house who must take care of all creepy crawlies.

So am I. People can be in the hall bathroom sitting on the throne and start screaming, "CRICKET!!!!" Like I'm going in there to rescue them from the savage bug? What really gets them is when I am called to do away with a bug, I pick them up with my bare hands and squish them between my fingers. What a bunch of wuss's.

Keith hates them. I just keep them out of sight so he forgets we even have them.

I seem to recall seeing Keith eat a superworm to win a t-shirt? LOL!

 

[ReptileWorld]

MY wife hates the Dubia with a passion but the good news is she hates crickets even more. so she picked the lesser of 2 evils lol. Good news is our 2 year old son adores the dubia colony and the mealworm colony and he takes pride in feeding them so now i run with the excuse it gives our 2 year old responsibility lol. Justify it anyway you can because you cant hide them. I sometimes do make attempts at sneaking new animals in lol.