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want to start a roach colony please help!

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hey i want to start a roach colony to feed all my geckos. i breed crested nd leopard geckos. what roach should i keep? i want non climbing and non egg laying ones. please help!
 
Get dubias. I feed 3/4" nymphs to my cresteds and they love 'em. They don't climb, they don't fly, they give birth to live young, so it sounds like a good match for ya!
 
Check out this link
http://theroachguy.com/
I just started mine, i got the starter colony with three adult pairs, then another order of 100 small roaches. the trick is to leave all the older ones totally alone. i fed a few of the smaller ones to my dragons, but i've decided to not even do that for about 3 months.
I also ordered the one pound super value roach food, and i'm pretty much set for several months. i even use the roach food to gut load the crickets
 
Since i bought the roaches from Theroach guy, i've been bombarding him with setup, and care questions, and the dude (Jason is his name) has been awesome. prompt email responses, honest helpful advice. he'll treat you right and make sure you are takin care of. the kinda guy to do business with for sure!!
 
Papa Wyrm said:
Since i bought the roaches from Theroach guy, i've been bombarding him with setup, and care questions, and the dude (Jason is his name) has been awesome. prompt email responses, honest helpful advice. he'll treat you right and make sure you are takin care of. the kinda guy to do business with for sure!!
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do you know if he sells adult also or just babies and young ones.
 
the ones i bought were 3 adult pairs, then like 200 assorted sizes, but quite a few of them looked close to adult size.
 
I looked at the web site but it looks as if all he sells is young with a few adults but no adults by themselves.
 
You can find people selling adults.....I recently made a few purchases to bump up the colony.

If you are looking to start a new colony and get great service, I agree Jason is the guy to go to.
 
I use a different breeder but hes a little on the low side right now on adults and.was just looking for some one new. I breed my own but just wanted to purchase more adult breeders to mix my colony up with.
 
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