Turks vs. Dubias vs. Discoids

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Pepper

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So I chose the Turks because they breed fast..well it's been a few months and so far I have hundreds of egg cases, and no babies...It's warm in my containers, and the roaches seem to be molting fine, but I'm not sure if Alaska has enough humidity to hatch out the egg cases..I've been giving fresh fruit and veggies and keeping water crystals in there, but it's been almost a month and the egg cases haven't hatched...So I'm thinking about starting a different colony, although I know the others are much slower at breeding, I'd leave them alone for like 6 months...

I'm thinking about getting a live birth species, either Dubias or Discoids, is there a difference other than the fact that Discoids are a lot bigger?

Are they easier to breed, but just take a long time?

Which one do you prefer?
 
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I only have personal experience with dubias and nothing else. I dunno if I just got lucky but mine dubias seem to be breeding pretty fast. I have them in a plastic bin with all the basics and I started out with roughly 117 and around 4 adult pairs. Today when I opened the bin to clean it out I noticed that the static on the lid attracted a bunch of tiny little sheds and when I looked closer I had BABIES running all over the place and I purchased them in Mid April!
 
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There will be an article on Gecko Time about comparing different roaches coming out within the next few weeks.

Aliza
 
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be patient.... they will come and when they do you will be swamped with thousands. usually the egg cases take any where from 30 -60 days depending on temps. you should be find with the humidity as you stated before the molts on the adults are good so you shouldn't have any trouble, as long as they aren't shriveled up and are plump looking they are good.

Then to wait some more wile they get big enough to feed off.
they look alot like pinhead crickets when hatching out.
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the cup w/ moist coco was just an experiment. I only had it in the container because it was full of just egg cases and I wasn't feeding anything moist veggies or fruits to rase the humty.
 
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cat_named_noodles

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I too have lots of egg cases but no babies yet. Should be soon though, as it's been a month since they started laying (I started w/100, then got 500 more). I like the size of Turks, small enough even full grown for juvie leos. And the tiny babies, when they hatch, will be a nice treat for my Lygos (who laid 2 more eggs today, woohoo!)
 
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Pepper

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any where from 30 -60 days
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Oh...somewhere I read said 2 to 4 weeks...It hasn't been 30-60 days yet...But I have hundreds of egg cases..*evil laugh* I have like...600-800 breeding adults...mwahahaha!!


None look shriveled up, although some look, wrinkley? But when cracked open they are all gooey inside, so I'm guessing still good. Yeah a lot of mine look like the one in your picture, with the wrinkles running up it.

I think I'm going to try that moist coco fiber thing though..just too see..

Some are empty, like it looks like they opened up, but I never saw any babies..

The breeding is mainly for my baby beardie who could eat 50-100 smalls a day..

It seems I got my Turks at just the right moment, as my Leo who hadn't eaten for 2 months, absolutely loves them and has been getting healthier every week!
 
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Paco

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Select Gex said:
Ah, this is a great place to share our newest post!

Check this out: Blaptica dubia Care VS Other Common Roaches
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I read the Article and it was OK.

I will have to disagree on something written About the Lobster Roaches and that is the Smell. Lobsters do Have an Odor But it is Far "NASTY" like the article says.

I raise Several Species Of feeder Roaches and in pretty large qtys. I will have to say by far the SMELLIEST roach with the most offensive odor is the Lateralis by far. Lateralis Smell makes the Lobsters seem to smell very Mild if you ask me.
 
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