If you separate the baby roaches from the colony the Moms will breed faster because they are “lonely “. While the babies mature the citrus will leave their bodies after a little while “if” they consumed any. It means you need 2 bins but the bin for the babies doesn’t have to be big.
That's what I was told, too...that citrus will make them breed faster. I have a bunch of young ones in there...about half an inch. I also purchased a starter colony and put those in there. I have egg crates for them to hide in, roach chow, and water gelatin things for them. I have an uth but I'm concerned it's not getting warm enough for them. I need to put a thermometer in there and see what's going on.
I already have a small bin that I was using to house the roaches I ordered for feeding. I could put them in there.
May i see how ur keeping them?
Is that how you keep yours? Two containers?
Yep. I went all out. I was afraid of melting plastic and starting fires so built glass bottom,slippery wood sides in my boxes. Heating pad on each with individual heat settings. Breeding box I have set higher to keep them in the mood. I only take roaches out of the bin with no breeders to feed my dragon, every couple weeks I check for babies and separate. My dragon is 8 months so it takes awhile for them to mature and size up.
I even put a stripe of Vaseline around the edge inside so they can’t climb out, babies have serious climbing skills with their small “hands”.
I have a work bench in the basement I wasn’t using so I put up insulated walls with some air vents. I have a thermostat on the outside so can make sure they all stay warm.
Wow thats quite the operation.
Just a simple container with air holes and an uth.
You may want to keep the uth on the side of the tub, i just know sometimes they can get too hot for the roaches if its not monitored, i dont use a uth (but i live in FL soo)
