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<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 57525" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>As far as cleaning, the nymphs will take care of it. The little ones will eat all the adult waste, plus whatever food you put in there. It wouldnt do any harm do just switch them into a new bin every 6 months, and change the egg crates. As far as separating them, there's a way of using buckets, and drilling small holes in one, medium holes in another, etc, and then just shaking the roaches through the appropriate holes..gently shaking them, of course. with a solid bucket underneath. I think there's a video on youtube about it, I've never done it though, I feed mine off and just pick them out of the colony during feeding. If they get over populated I'll eat a few as well. Lol, just kidding. Don't be afraid to handle them, they don't bite at all, and if it's your own roaches from your colony, you know exactly where they've been. [USER=4072]@Kymura[/USER] They say that dubia won't survive in our homes. I don't personally believe that, but anyway, they cannot climb smooth glass or plastic, like spiders or hissing roaches can. Many people leave the top open. I don't because they're in my room, and my dogs come in here. I keep a heating pad on my colony for breeding, and they say dubia need warmer temps to survive, but in a warm house..with a food source, or maybe a nice warm spot by a boiler or heater, yeah, they can survive just fine in our homes. I don't see them breeding, but if they stumbled into a boiler room, with a water leak, damp, warm air, and a bag of dog food in the corner, yeah it could happen, lmao. If it happens to you, don't call the exterminator, just catch them and send them to me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Your house could be like a back up dubia colony for the forum members. Hahaha!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 57525, member: 4086"] As far as cleaning, the nymphs will take care of it. The little ones will eat all the adult waste, plus whatever food you put in there. It wouldnt do any harm do just switch them into a new bin every 6 months, and change the egg crates. As far as separating them, there's a way of using buckets, and drilling small holes in one, medium holes in another, etc, and then just shaking the roaches through the appropriate holes..gently shaking them, of course. with a solid bucket underneath. I think there's a video on youtube about it, I've never done it though, I feed mine off and just pick them out of the colony during feeding. If they get over populated I'll eat a few as well. Lol, just kidding. Don't be afraid to handle them, they don't bite at all, and if it's your own roaches from your colony, you know exactly where they've been. [USER=4072]@Kymura[/USER] They say that dubia won't survive in our homes. I don't personally believe that, but anyway, they cannot climb smooth glass or plastic, like spiders or hissing roaches can. Many people leave the top open. I don't because they're in my room, and my dogs come in here. I keep a heating pad on my colony for breeding, and they say dubia need warmer temps to survive, but in a warm house..with a food source, or maybe a nice warm spot by a boiler or heater, yeah, they can survive just fine in our homes. I don't see them breeding, but if they stumbled into a boiler room, with a water leak, damp, warm air, and a bag of dog food in the corner, yeah it could happen, lmao. If it happens to you, don't call the exterminator, just catch them and send them to me :) Your house could be like a back up dubia colony for the forum members. Hahaha! [/QUOTE]
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